Results from our October survey, and congratulations to our winner!

Thanks to the nearly 1,000 people who filled out our October survey!  We got a lot of good information about what you'd like to read about on the blog, and learned more about your communities and nursing experiences. 

First, congratulations to Christine DeJong from Michigan, a reader of this blog, who is the winner of a $100 Motherwear gift certificate!  Christine is the proud mother of 3 1/2 week old Marina, who joins her two older brothers.  Christine has breastfed all three of her children, and while her daughter is the most challenging, she says she has no intention of giving up.

If you haven't entered our "How Motherwear Support Nursing Mothers" contest, be sure to click here.

Now for what you told us:

- Your decision to breastfeed was most influenced by:  Yourself (Runner up: Husbands and partners)

- Your most important source of support in breastfeeding:  Your husband or partner (Runner up: Lactation consultant)

- Your community's support for breastfeeding:  Very supportive or somewhat supportive (near tie)

- Your confidence level regarding breastfeeding in public:  Somewhat comfortable (Runner up: Very comfortable)

- You have nursed, or intend to nurse, your child for: 1-2 years (Runner up: 1 year)

- You think that the ideal length of time to nurse your child is:  1-2 years (Runner up: 1 year)

- You would like the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog be a place where you can:  Read current news, including new research, about breastfeeding (Runner up: Read other women's stories and maybe share my own)

- The ten topics you'd like to read about on the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog are:  Overcoming breastfeeding challenges, nursing clothes, breastfeeding in public, pumping, mothers' breastfeeding stories, new research about the health benefits of breastfeeding, humor about breastfeeding, weaning, breastfeeding and the law, and nursing products.

Thanks again to everyone for your input, and look for more posts on these topics in the coming months!