Wednesday, August 02, 2006

What's a (nursing) mother to do? (OregonLive.com)

Her 2-month-old son was fussing that afternoon at the Gateway Fred Meyer near I-205 in Northeast Portland. The way to calm him, Chris Musser knew, was to feed him. So she sat on a bench, lifted her shirt and nursed her boy.

Big deal, right?

After all, this is Portland, the city that Fit Pregnancy magazine deemed the No. 1 place in America to have a baby, with more OB-GYNs, doulas and lactation specialists per infant than many U.S. cities. We're home to a universe of alternatives to conventional maternity practices, from water births to raising your baby diaper-free.



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