What do you think of these statements? ~ Breastfeeding is not free — it requires a mother’s sustained time and effort over months to years of her life, whether she is nursing at the breast or expressing milk. Calling it “free” implies that her time does not have value. Acknowledging the economic costs of breastfeeding to mothers and mitigating these costs can enable more women to breastfeed. ~ Some women love breastfeeding. Some women do not. A mother’s personal experience of breastfeeding is important. ~ The individual mother is the most qualified person to weigh these tradeoffs and decide what feeding method is “best” for her and her child. These three points are suggested for health care providers and breastfeeding advocates to use in supporting mothers in their infant feeding journey in an article by Alison Stuebe for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine about shame and guilt in breastfeeding health care and well be discussing some of the points she made here. Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, is a maternal-fetal medicine physician, breastfeeding researcher, and assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Check it out the full article: https://bfmed.wordpress/2014/03/04/shame-guilt-and-the-search-for-common-ground/
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