maamaa
06-04-2003, 02:26 PM
Hello wonderful metro mamas!!
Are you currently breastfeeding? I am and "I'm also learning what all parents must learn, which is a new kind of love. It's a love that's more than an emotion or a feeling. It's a deep physical craving like a hunger or thirst. It's the realization that you would lay down your life for this eight-pound person without a second thought. You would pick up arms for them. You would empty your bank account. It's love without boundaries and were this kind of love directed at another adult, it would be considered totally inappropriate. A kind of fatal attraction. Maybe when directed at babies, we should call this "natal attraction".
I say this to remind us what's at stake. If we would die or kill for our children, wouldn't we do anything within our power to keep toxics out of their food supply? Especially if we knew, in fact, there were alternatives to these toxics?
Of all human food, breast milk is now the most contaminated." The toxins found in mothers' bodies are being found in high concentrations in their breast milk, and these toxins are being found to be linked to cancers, developmental disorders, and other chronic diseases. Are you alarmed? I am. (FYI, despite the contaminations found in breast milk, it is still by far a more beneficial, healthier option than formula.
"Breast feeding is a sacred act. It is a holy thing. To talk about breast feeding versus bottle feeding, to weigh the known risks of infectious diseases against the possible risks of childhood or adult cancers is an obscene argument. Those of us who are advocates for women and children and those of us who are parents of any kind need to become advocates for uncontaminated breast milk."
The MN Children's Health Environmental Coalition in partnership with the MN Department of Health are looking for moms to donate breast milk for a pilot study to find out what's in MN mom's milk, and then how we can protect it.
If you are interested in donating, or just plain interested in knowing more or becoming a member of the movement. Please PM me.
I am a mom. I am the MNCHEC coordinator. And I want all babies to be safe and healthy.
(Above quotes taken from Sandra Steingraber)
Are you currently breastfeeding? I am and "I'm also learning what all parents must learn, which is a new kind of love. It's a love that's more than an emotion or a feeling. It's a deep physical craving like a hunger or thirst. It's the realization that you would lay down your life for this eight-pound person without a second thought. You would pick up arms for them. You would empty your bank account. It's love without boundaries and were this kind of love directed at another adult, it would be considered totally inappropriate. A kind of fatal attraction. Maybe when directed at babies, we should call this "natal attraction".
I say this to remind us what's at stake. If we would die or kill for our children, wouldn't we do anything within our power to keep toxics out of their food supply? Especially if we knew, in fact, there were alternatives to these toxics?
Of all human food, breast milk is now the most contaminated." The toxins found in mothers' bodies are being found in high concentrations in their breast milk, and these toxins are being found to be linked to cancers, developmental disorders, and other chronic diseases. Are you alarmed? I am. (FYI, despite the contaminations found in breast milk, it is still by far a more beneficial, healthier option than formula.
"Breast feeding is a sacred act. It is a holy thing. To talk about breast feeding versus bottle feeding, to weigh the known risks of infectious diseases against the possible risks of childhood or adult cancers is an obscene argument. Those of us who are advocates for women and children and those of us who are parents of any kind need to become advocates for uncontaminated breast milk."
The MN Children's Health Environmental Coalition in partnership with the MN Department of Health are looking for moms to donate breast milk for a pilot study to find out what's in MN mom's milk, and then how we can protect it.
If you are interested in donating, or just plain interested in knowing more or becoming a member of the movement. Please PM me.
I am a mom. I am the MNCHEC coordinator. And I want all babies to be safe and healthy.
(Above quotes taken from Sandra Steingraber)