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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

THE COST OF LIFE--PART 4

“The inconvenient truth about breastfeeding is that breasts are, invariably, attached to a person.” — A Bold and...

Saturday, May 2, 2020

THE COST OF LIFE--PART 3

“You’ll find pediatricians neglecting to inform mothers that infant formula can contain from 10 to 1000 times as much lead as breast...

Sunday, March 29, 2020

REFLECTIONS ON OUR WORLD-WIDE PANDEMIC

“It is through body contact with the mother that the child makes its first contact with the world, through which he is enfolded in a new...

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About Me

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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