Subject: FW: Xena champions breastfeeding
> Exciting news!!
>
> >> BYLINE: ALEXANDER Miriyana
> >> EDITION: A
> >> SECTION: NEWS:NATIONAL
> >>
> >> IF it's good enough for Xena, it's good enough for you. Second-time
> >> mum Lucy Lawless has come out in support of breastfeeding, saying:
> >> "It's the best thing you can do for you and your baby."
> >>
> >> The Warrior Princess released a photo of herself breastfeeding newborn
> >> son Julius, just as the results of a new study showed a big drop in
> >> the number of breastfeeding mothers. Lawless confessed she had found
> >> breastfeeding painful and difficult at first, but advised mothers
> >> to stick with it.
> >>
> >> Julius Robert Bay Tapert, born to Lawless and her husband -- Xena
> >> executive producer Rob Tapert -- at their $4 million Mission Bay home
> >> on October 16, stole the show on the Xena film set last week.
> >>
> >> The breastfeeding study showed that six weeks after birth, 63% of
> >> women were still breastfeeding, compared with 75% in 1994.
> >>
> >> It also showed 15% of women could not establish breastfeeding.
> >>
> >> Lawless said breastfeeding looked as if it ought to be the most natural
> >> thing in the world. However, "mothers can become very discouraged
> >> when it doesn't come easily".
> >>
> >> "In fact, at first it can be excruciatingly painful. If I could tell
> >> new mums one thing, it would be to take heart. There's no magic to
> >> it, just a little technique.
> >>
> >> "I had to ask, even with my second child, for help from my midwife.
> >> There's no need for you to be in pain. La Leche, your midwife, doctor
> >> or Plunket are just a phone call away," she said.
> >>
> >> Lawless was thrilled to give 11-year-old Daisy, her daughter from
> >> her first marriage, a baby brother. She and Tapert were married in
> >> a lavish Californian wedding in April 1998.
> >>
> >> The pregnancy was written into the Xena script and the birth is now
> >> likely to be included. However, there was no word on whether young
> >> Julius would play himself.
> >>
> >> -- MIRIYANA ALEXANDER
>
>
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