As for how to go this direct route, if you don’t know where to go, ask your local midwives (the home birth type), or perhaps mothering.com forum participants in your ‘tribe’. I got to donate milk to a lovely family who appreciated my dietary lifestyle, and we’re also now friends.

But I do have a broccoli question…I have tried to freeze it (I blanched it) and it turned out rubbery. Very rubbery. So I’m interested to see how yours is.

BUT! Good news – one of the Limbo employees has leased a space on 39th and Gladstone (right across from the Gladstone Pizza and will be opening a bulk herb shop in early September. Yay!

You can follow on Twitter – http://twitter.com/#!/OnlineHerbStore

BUT! Good news – one of the Limbo employees has leased a space on 39th and Gladstone (right across from the Gladstone Pizza and will be opening a bulk herb shop in early September. Yay!

You can follow on Twitter – http://twitter.com/#!/OnlineHerbStore

I can tell you that if I am unable to breastfeed my next baby, this will be my order of operations: first, I’d do everything I could to get *some* breast milk, even if it’s only as a small supplement to formula. I would ask every lactating woman that I know (starting with the vegans), and try to get pump donations from friends. If that didn’t work then I would look into a milk bank. I know it’s super expensive but again, even a little supplement is better and has been shown to confer some of the benefits of breast feeding.

Simultaneously, I would look into formulas. Choosing soy versus animal is a HUGE conundrum. That’s a personal choice.

Primarily I would focus on the specs of each option. Must be organic. Must not have HFCS, or other added refined sugars. That sort of stuff. Again, I’d need to do more research to know all of the specific things to look out for.

Most importantly though, I’d tell myself (and truly internalize it) that even though in theory “breast is best”, what’s really BEST is having a mother who cares and loves and does everything she can to keep her baby as healthy as possible. And so I wouldn’t let myself stress or worry about it too much. I would make an informed decision and move on, and focus on showering my baby with as much love as possible. No guilt! We all do the best we can, working with what we’ve got. =)

I can tell you that if I am unable to breastfeed my next baby, this will be my order of operations: first, I’d do everything I could to get *some* breast milk, even if it’s only as a small supplement to formula. I would ask every lactating woman that I know (starting with the vegans), and try to get pump donations from friends. If that didn’t work then I would look into a milk bank. I know it’s super expensive but again, even a little supplement is better and has been shown to confer some of the benefits of breast feeding.

Simultaneously, I would look into formulas. Choosing soy versus animal is a HUGE conundrum. That’s a personal choice.

Primarily I would focus on the specs of each option. Must be organic. Must not have HFCS, or other added refined sugars. That sort of stuff. Again, I’d need to do more research to know all of the specific things to look out for.

Most importantly though, I’d tell myself (and truly internalize it) that even though in theory “breast is best”, what’s really BEST is having a mother who cares and loves and does everything she can to keep her baby as healthy as possible. And so I wouldn’t let myself stress or worry about it too much. I would make an informed decision and move on, and focus on showering my baby with as much love as possible. No guilt! We all do the best we can, working with what we’ve got. =)