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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Breastfeeding is Not a Lifestyle Choice

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Its World Breastfeeding Week and I read that some breastfeeding advocates along with some social media experts believe ...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Memories of Breastfeeding in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week

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My Labor Day baby.  Born so many years ago, that baby now an adult with her own baby.  Born at home in the quiet early morning hours.  Bo...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Breast pumps, donor milk, and human milk products...

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Breastfeeding?  Where be thee?  In the yard sale of life, there lies the breastpump, a machine of plastic pieces with its never-ending ass...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Game of Patents: Myriad Genetics, a loss?

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Is the decision made by the US Supreme Court a great victory?  Or is the decision just part and parcel of what I call the Game of Patents...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Nestle, stop patenting human milk components.

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For the perpetual doubters, a snip view of the Nestle patent....click on the image and it is large enough to read.  Please sign the petiti...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Discussion group forming on the issue of patenting of human milk components

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If you are interested in discussing the patenting of human milk components, I am starting a discussion group.  Please contact me, vewickst...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Nestle's seed patent application and its human milk component patent

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I have received a variety of communications regarding Nestle and its financial interest in a plant called Nigella sativa (Black Cumin, B...
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Valerie W. McClain
How does one describe oneself to those who landed on this page in this virtual library called the internet? I was born in Canada and moved to the USA when I was six years old. I graduated from the State University College of New York at Potsdam with a BA, majoring in political science. Got married, got divorced. Got married again, had children, got divorced. I birthed all my babies at home, breastfed them, and became a La Leche League leader for 10 years. I became an a IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) in 1991 and retired that credential in the fall of 2011. I was employed by the WIC Program for 4 years in Volusia County, Florida. In 1998 I began to question the reasoning behind denying hiv positive women the right to breastfeed. In my research for answers I stumbled upon a human milk component patent to be used to treat hiv/aids patients. Thus began my quest to understand why so much of the real knowledge of human milk is buried.
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