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We’re Moving!

TLB Reviews Writing Team7 min read

by Jessica Martin-Weber and Amy West Leakies, we’ve got something really special for you. We’re talking about #BFingPlaces (Oh!  The Places You Go!) for World Breastfeeding Month and we’ve taken…

Leaving the parenting island and asking for help

Leaving the parenting island and asking for help

theleakyboob7 min read

Ditching the shame and asking for help as parents strengthens our community from pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, formula feeding, and on through parenting. We have each other, we don’t need to be an island or Poop Rock.

Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Ondansetron: a critical response to media coverage

Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Ondansetron: a critical response to media coverage

theleakyboob7 min read

Did you hear that taking Zofran for extreme nausea and vomiting (or HG, hyperemesis gravidarum) in pregnancy could cause birth defects? That’s what one widely circulated report says from the Toronto Star. But how well researched was the journalism? An academic librarian takes a critical look at the Toronto Star’s piece on the dangers of Zofran/ondansetron in pregnancy and the risk of birth defects.