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Britain Freezes Sales of Breast Milk Ice Cream

British officials have stopped a London ice cream parlor from selling a frozen dairy treat made from human breast milk amid concerns that the unusual dessert may not be safe. The Icecreamists parlor introduced the "Baby Gaga" flavor Feb. 25. The flavor's creator told told AOL Weird News that the ice cream was as much food...

Breast-Feeding Canadian Moms Create Flash Mob at Mall

Canada is up in arms about breast-feeding and whether it's really OK to do it in public. And with the help of blogs and Facebook, angry moms are taking it to the streets -- or to the mall, in this case. About a hundred mothers in Montreal staged a "nurse-in" protest at a downtown shopping complex last week, breast-feeding...

Breast-Feeding Exclusively Not the Best for Babies After All?

For years now, we've been told that it's in the best interest of babies to be breast-fed exclusively for six months. But a new study, out today in the British Medical Journal, says that for babies in the Western world, exclusively breast-feeding for six months might not be the best idea. Currently, the U.K. abides by...

Plenty of Babes, but No Booze at Some BYOB Parties

(July 23) -- The parties are strictly BYOB. But the place will be littered with babes, without any alcohol in sight. That's because these are BYOBoobz parties -- yes, as in mammary glands. And the home parties are designed to give support, guidance and a few free goodies to new breast-feeding moms, as part of a mission to...

Cutting Off the Tap: Court Restrains Breast-Feeding Mom

(July 15) -- I had no idea that a judge could put an injunction on a woman's chest. But that's exactly what's happened in Melbourne, Australia, where the Federal Magistrates' Court has ordered a mother to stop breast-feeding her 6-year-old boy. A 6-year-old still breast-feeding? Well, I can't be too hard on her as a...

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06/02/12 Breast-feeding photos of military moms stir debate Source: The Hawk Eye - Burlington IA The Washington Air National Guard says two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform while breast-feeding their babies.
06/02/12 Five myths about breast-feeding Source: Bangor Daily News - Bangor ME True, breast milk is produced organically by the human body, and for most of human history, feeding infants at the breast was a fact of life.
06/02/12 Air National Guard frowns on pictures of... Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque IA The Washington Air National Guard said two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform while breast-feeding their babies.
06/02/12 ASK A LAWYER: Federal law covers breastfeeding moms Source: The Edmond Sun EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly series of columns written by attorneys at Lester, Loving & Davies law firm in Edmond.
06/01/12 Photos Of Breastfeeding Military Moms Stir Debate Source: ABC - WRIC 8 - Richmond VA SPOKANE, Wash- Photos posted to Facebook which show two moms breastfeeding are causing a stir.

Background on breast feeding

Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from female human breasts (i.e., via lactation) rather than from a baby bottle or other container.

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