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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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Mixed feelings and milk siblings

A friend in need has a profound effect on Alev’s feelings about women sharing their milk in this final instalment of ‘The Breastmilk Market’.

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Written on my body

Scars mean David Jesudason has never enjoyed seeing his reflection. Recounting the stories behind the marks on his face and body, he finds the only one that symbolises hope and happiness.

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Milk trails round Euston

Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.

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  • Bottle decorated with saint
  • Bottle decorated with Saint
  • Butilox natural hair curler. Bottle label
  • James, R.G.G.: Fever Powder. Bottle, dated 1878.
  • The bottle, by George Cruikshank; 'The bottle has done its work'
  • Pewter feeding bottle.
  • Curative drench for cattle : compounded on the lines of the famous Cheshire Red Bottle...
  • The "eclipse" drenching bottle.
  • Glass infant's feeding bottle
  • Pefume bottle, glass, white.
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