Blog Entries April 2008
by Kate Kahn -
28th April 2008
The great Chinese philosopher, Confucious, said "He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger." So, all you men out there who work with someone who's pregnant, or have a friend who's pregnant, this blog is for you. Consider it a learning tool, something to keep you out of...
by Barbara Dehn -
24th April 2008
I saw a new mom recently who needed to stop some of her medications while pregnant. Her medical condition required medications that were unsafe for her developing baby and are also not recommended while breastfeeding. However, she wanted to have the experience of breastfeeding her child and also knew that her condition was worsening. What a...
by Kate Kahn -
20th April 2008
Remember those triangular "Baby on Board" signs people hung in their cars a few years back? Well the current sign might read "Baby in the Cubicle". According to the organization Parenting in the Workplace Institute, more and more companies...
by Barbara Dehn -
17th April 2008
New parents in some communities of New York are enjoying an experience that their moms or grandmothers might have taken for granted, but our generation hasn't seen. In the olden days, a nurse would come to your home after you gave birth and help new parents learn about how to feed their babies, care for them and recognize when they were sick or...
by Kate Kahn -
13th April 2008
Recently a Vermont Human Rights Commission found that an airline had discriminated against a woman by removing her form the flight because she wanted to breastfeed without covering up. The flight attendant asked her to cover herself but she refused.
Now, I'm absolutely in favor of a woman's right to breastfeed in public....
by Barbara Dehn -
8th April 2008
When my patients ask me what’s the number one thing that they can do to increase the chances that they’ll be able to breastfeed their baby, I tell them to take a breastfeeding class BEFORE they deliver. And, if they bring their partner or whoever is going to be providing lots of support in the first few days, that helps...
by Kate Kahn -
7th April 2008
I heard an interesting piece on NPR the other day. It was an interview with a pediatrician named Dr. Sydney Spiesel. He's a pediatrician who is also a professor at Yale Medical School, a regular contributor to NPR, and to the online magazine, Slate. So I figure, given all that, he's probably pretty well-respected in his...
by Barbara Dehn -
3rd April 2008
I saw a friend of mine, Alison, this week, who, in addition to being a 1st grade teacher, has two small children. They were running around the park and we enjoyed the fun of the 15-second conversations that get dropped and picked up again where they leave off after running after a little person who might be falling off a swing or slide....
by Kate Kahn -
31st March 2008
Barb won't do it so I'll boast about her a little. You should know that Barb was recently chosen as the Nurse Practitioner of Distinction for California for 2007-2008. There are 140-thousand nurse practitioners in the U.S. with 14-thousand of them in California alone. So, as you can see, it's a big honor. She's modest,...
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