Reprints of Barbara's Articles

 

Barbara's articles are available, by request, for reprints.  Click on any of the articles in the left-hand column to read them in-full.  Summaries of Barbara's essays appear in the right-hand column.

 

Please contact Barb@breastfeedingcafe.com if you are interested in one or more reprints.  She is also available for writing assignments.

List of Complete Articles

Summary of Available Essays

(from shortest to longest)

Childbirth

Choosing a Knowledgeable Health Care Provider

Making Informed Childbirth Choices

Overcoming Childbirth Fears

 

The Birthing-Breastfeeding Connection

Getting a Head Start on Breastfeeding

Help Your Baby Breastfeed Before Its Even Born

What Does Childbirth Have to do with Breastfeeding

 

Getting Started

Ease Your Mothering Journey with a Little Nursing Know-How

Three Ways to Make Breastfeeding Harder

The Ups and Downs of Nursing  New

 

Parenting

Are You "Still" Nursing?

In the Dark about Infant Sleep

Lessons from my Children

Parenting in the Dark

So What's the Big Deal about Growth Curves? New

 

What's In It For Moms?

A Secret Relationship

From Hurricanes to Hair Washing:  A Few More Reasons to Nurse

Why Women Find Breastfeeding Empowering

 

Support and Community

Breastfeeding Advice - Help or Hindrance?

Breastfeeding?  Don't Forget to Make Time for Yourself

Story Time for Nursing Moms

Nursing Moms Need Support, too

Where's Dad in all This?

 

Nursing in Public

Beyond the Nursery:  Nursing with Confidence

In the Public Eye

 

Politics

Is Breastfeeding Truly Best?

Mommy Wars Revisited - Putting an End to Judgement Day

Politics of Formula – Not Just a Third World Issue

 

For Moms in the Workforce

Nursing Your Baby and Keeping Your Job

 

Special Situations

Breastfeeding After Reduction Surgery - You Can  Succeed

Nursing with Implants

When Judgment Matters - Legally

 

 

Delivering My Children

Humorous account of a mother schlepping her children and living out of her car. 506 words

Imposed Solitude

A busy mother who hates shopping discovers the unexpected benefit of being stuck for three hours at a shopping mall.  554 words

Reflections from a Breastfeeding Writing Circle

An honest and poignant comparison of the parenting challenges involved in parenting and nursing babies to those involved in raising school-aged children.  Gives  voice to some of the darkness that accompanies the light in parenting.  909 words

Making a Difference

An exploration of the inspirational impact each person has on others to show that mothers matter and nurturing matters.  967 words.

Four Mothers, Four Airports

Reflections about four very different situations involving mothers at airports.  1483 words

Parenting in the Dark

The trials and tribulations of one family's efforts to survive the nights during the first 16 months of their daughter's life.  1859 words.

 

 

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