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No, I will not call breastfeeding “chestfeeding”

No, I will not call breastfeeding “chestfeeding”

  • Post author:Abby Johnson
  • Post published:February 11, 2021
  • Post category:The Real Deal of Pregnancy
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Two hospitals in the United Kingdom have instructed their nurses and midwives to start using the term "chestfeeding" instead of "breastfeeding" as they fly off the ledge of reality in…

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Obesity is Not Healthy and “Body Positivity” Won’t Change That

Obesity is Not Healthy and “Body Positivity” Won’t Change That

  • Post author:Abby Johnson
  • Post published:January 8, 2021
  • Post category:The Real Deal of Health
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I haven’t been “skinny” since I was a small child struggling with asthma in the 80s and early 90s. I don’t come from a family of petite people. No one…

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Part I: Walking Through Darkness: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression

Part I: Walking Through Darkness: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression

  • Post author:Abby Johnson
  • Post published:December 1, 2020
  • Post category:The Real Deal of Motherhood
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The day I found out I was pregnant with Grace, I don’t remember being happy. I remember being terrified. Doug and I had only been married for a few months…

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Part II: Walking Through Darkness: My Journey with Postpartum Depression

Part II: Walking Through Darkness: My Journey with Postpartum Depression

  • Post author:Abby Johnson
  • Post published:November 30, 2020
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Read Part I of my journey with postpartum depression here. A Brief Respite Doug was a teacher and had taken some time off after Grace was born, but was now…

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Grace Upon Grace

Grace Upon Grace

  • Post author:Abby Johnson
  • Post published:November 16, 2020
  • Post category:The Real Deal of Choosing Life
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My baby girl is 14 today. This girl changed my life. After she was born, I suffered from terrible postpartum depression/psychosis the first year of her life. I didn’t know how to…

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