While many dads may not seem to really care, I encourage you to please make sure your husband knows where your heart is on this
issue and try to discuss it before you end up in an
emotional battle over whether to continue or not
with breastfeeding.
She could have just, you know, focused on the promotion of
breastfeeding and giving
emotional support to moms who are BFing, who struggle
with, among other
issues, body image.
For example, there are certainly societal
issues with breastfeeding toddlers in public (or even in private), but it can be very beneficial for the child's
emotional development and can engender tender feelings for a mother.
Planning
with their midwife or OB before birth helped them have an action plan for
breastfeeding immediately after delivery, as well as options to explore if
breastfeeding was challenging due to common
breastfeeding issues like latch and supply or
emotional issues like grief and trauma.
(1) to protect and promote
breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively
breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote
breastfeeding,
with due attention to the nutritional and
emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring
breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate
breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned
with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on
breastfeeding and maternity services that was
issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation
with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice
with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;