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Sharing breastmilk with parents

Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.

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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs

In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.

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Confusion, guilt, and the battle to breastfeed

Most new mums are told that breast is best. But breastfeeding doesn’t always come as easily or naturally as you might imagine.

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Joy

Bidisha explores joy, from the psychology of our earliest laughs to collective and solitary pleasures like comedy, food and performance.

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  • St. Charles Evaporated Cream : recommended by physicians everywhere as the safest baby food / St. Charles Condensing Co.
  • St. Charles Evaporated Cream : recommended by physicians everywhere as the safest baby food / St. Charles Condensing Co.
  • A woman is being attacked by an eagle as she attempts to rescue her baby from the eagle's nest where it has been taken as possible food for the young birds. Mezzotint and etching after G. Dawe.
  • A midwife washes a newborn baby while a kneeling attendant proffers a robe with which to wrap it; left, an attendant brings food to the mother whose hand can be glimpsed behind a screen. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716/1736.
  • Let the toddler's first steps -lead to the welfare centre : get expert attention and advice before and after baby comes, advice on feeding -milk or special food, trained nurses who like children, do what the doctor tells you : Norfolk / Ministry of Health.
  • Birthday greetings from five lactated food babies. Burlington, Vt.: Wells & Ricahrdson. Trade Card
  • Birthday greetings from five Lactated Food babies : their lives were saved by Lactated Food : read mothers' letters over / Wells & Richardson Co.
  • Mellin's Food for infants, Advertisment Card
  • Mellin's Food for infants and invalids : dissolved in diluted cow's milk as directed is acknowledged to be the best substitute for mother's milk : directions for use... / Mellin's Food Limited.
  • Lait Mont Blanc : concentré sucré et non sucré : celui dont on ne se passe pas : quand on a un tout petit, quand on a de grands gourmands / Compagnie Générale du Lait.
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