Breastfeeding

This week is World Breastfeeding Week - the goal is to the highlight the importance of breastfeeding and to encourage families, health professionals and communities to all work together to promote it… Audio

A major new study out of the University of Otago shows that fathers of newborn babies can be forgiven for feeling a little hormonal. It turns out that they are being flooded by the same chemical as a… Audio

Pregnancy can be a bumpy ride for new mums-to-be for any number of reasons. Beyond the Bump has been written by clinical psychologist Sally Shepherd and is aimed at helping women with the transition… Audio

The owners of an Auckland mall have had to apologise to a women who was asked to stop breastfeeding in public by a security guard. Audio

Should breast milk be included in our gross domestic product? Dairy contributes 3.5 per cent or $7.8 billion to New Zealand's GDP - but what value do we - or should we - put on the hours and litres of… Audio

Professor Emily Oster's used hard data to detail what parents should be looking at when deciding what is best for their families in her book Cribsheet. Audio

A new report out of the University of Auckland today about public attitudes towards breastfeeding in public and apparently we're overwhelmingly in favour.. or at least overwhelmingly not against it… Audio

Rome Reports journalist Cody Williams says it's not the first time the Pope has encouraged public breastfeeding. Audio