A unique contribution of our research is to show that,
if women breastfeed their infants as recommended (28, 39), breastfeeding could potentially eliminate PPWR by 6 mo postpartum in women with reasonable GWG.
it would not bother me a bit
if a woman breastfed her child next to me in a restaurant.
I would ask that you not make a big deal out of
it if a woman breastfeeds near you - I promise you that no woman will find it offensive if you continue to talk to and interact with her in the same way you were before her little one latched on to eat.
The report shows that despite the undisputed evidence that infant mortality could be reduced by 1.3 times
if all women breastfed their babies within the first hour of birth, only half of all newborns in the 80 countries reviewed are breastfed.
Not exact matches
If women want to have their bodies be respected and have people accept
breastfeeding don't bring attention to it this way.»
If a
woman is
breastfeeding a child when its old enough to eat food, there is a whole other set of problems at play.
If you are getting turned on by
breastfeeding, and there ate some men that are, admit it as YOUR shortcoming, and not the
women's.
If your ability to worship is hindered by a
breastfeeding woman, then that is YOUR problem, not the
woman's.
If you can't handle
women breastfeeding in church or kids crying in church, it's time for you to find another church.
I firmly believe that
if more boys witnessed their mothers /
women in the community
breastfeeding their siblings / children, they wouldn't have this issue when they grew up.
If you think
breastfeeding is so dirty and sinful, why do you suppose God created
woman that way?
Twenty - eight states exempt
women from public indecency charges
if they
breastfeed in public.
If a
woman couldn't
breastfeed because of lack of support or lack of maternity leave or social pressure and used formula and made her peace with it and moved on, then hears about a campaign to provide others with what she did not have, I think there is some pain (that she didn't have it) and anger (why should they get it when I didn't) that is a legitimate reaction that needs to be addressed before moving on.
When it comes to deciding whether or not a person should
breastfeed or not,
if they're unsure about their options, the best person to go to for advice would be a licensed nurse midwife, though most levels of healthcare for
women should be able to offer suggestions for the best path for an expecting mother to follow.
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to
breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty»,
women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to
breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not
if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not
if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
The reality is that
if women truly want to
breastfeed they will find a way to make it work.
After a few months of this, the lack of sleep, the crying, the «helpful» people who tell you to just work a little harder, it would be a miracle
if any
woman in this position kept
breastfeeding.
Often
women with low supply are let down by the
breastfeeding community because they rely on the idea that
if your child does not have enough milk it is because you are not working hard enough.
In addition,
if you are a healthcare provider working with a
woman with diabetes, PCOS, hypoplasia or other conditions that impact her fertility, it is important to talk to her about the potential impact on her ability to
breastfeed.
And then,
if a
woman finds herself in a situation where, for whatever reason, she has trouble with
breastfeeding, knowing where to look for help at the first sign of trouble is key.
Of course, it's impossible to prepare for every possible scenario, but
if a
woman knows in advance that
breastfeeding jaundice is a normal occurrence and isn't always a cause for concern, then perhaps she can make better informed choices with regard to her child's care.
It can be hard and
women who want to
breastfeed need support & don't need alternatives shoved in their faces
if they choose to stick to the boob.
«
If a
woman was able to
breastfeed prior to having implants, then there is no reason why she should expect to have any difficulty after the implants are placed,» Matthew Schulman, MD, a board certified plastic surgeon in New York City advises.
Let me say upfront that I am a huge proponent of
breastfeeding (
if that's what a
woman wants and
if it works for her, her baby and her family) and I think it should be supported at all times at all facets of society.
I think it's strange, that a
woman should «grieve»
if she doesn't
breastfeed.
If women aren't being strung up as cultural sacrificial lambs for their decisions not to
breastfeed then we have the constant brigade of alleged Mommy Wars to keep magazines afloat.
If, in the end, it does turn out that women who breastfeed end up with flatter career trajectories overall (and I'd love to see how something that typically lasts for a year affects a woman for life... if there is a correlation I bet that breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?»
If, in the end, it does turn out that
women who
breastfeed end up with flatter career trajectories overall (and I'd love to see how something that typically lasts for a year affects a
woman for life...
if there is a correlation I bet that breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?»
if there is a correlation I bet that
breastfeeding and other parenting decisions are co-incidental, not causational), well I guess like others, my response would be «so...?».
But what she took from her experience, and what she expressed, was that http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/03/08/when-to-give-up-on-
breastfeeding/"rel = «nofollow» > all
women should give up
breastfeeding after 2 weeks
if it is not working out.
But... but... but... I don't want other
women to give up on
breastfeeding because they believe something to be true that really isn't true and I don't want you to be robbed of the opportunity to nurse your future children (
if you want to) because you believe something that really isn't true.
If maternity leave policies were better in the US, the economic / job considerations would be less of an issue for
women deciding whether or not to
breastfeed.
Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with
breastfeeding, and since
breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood
women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part)
if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even
if you explicitly tell them you're
breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).
Breastfeeding can be lonely when you're flying solo, but
if you manage to find a group of
women who are in the same nursing boat as you (and on the same feeding schedule), it can suddenly become a fun, bonding activity to share with fellow mamas.
Based on the findings, they estimated that about 720 infant deaths would be prevented annually
if all American
women breastfed their babies for the first year.
It's not an uncommon problem (even
if it feels like you're the only
breastfeeding woman in the world who is struggling to produce), and there are plenty of different ways to overcome low milk supply and sufficiently provide for your little.
«Despite the best of intentions,
women are bombarded with messages that lead them to believe
if they stray from
breastfeeding they are potentially harming their newborn child....
Finally,
if a
woman is feeling pressured to
breastfeed but she doesn't really want to, bottle feeding may be best for the mother infant relationship.
If a
woman receives enough help and support in her
breastfeeding journey,
breastfeeding by far is much easier than bottle - feeding.
This is a common statement made and
if women have problems
breastfeeding they may feel like they are failing and give up.
Few,
if any, professional tattoo artists will knowingly tattoo a
woman who is currently
breastfeeding.
There was also subtle pressure - the random older
woman in a restaurant who asked me
if I would be
breastfeeding; the infant care classes where formula feeding wasn't even mentioned; the nurse on my maternity ward tour who warned us that we'd be woken up every two hours to nurse, and asked for a show of hands: how many in the group were going to be
breastfeeding?
Many
women mistakenly believe that they can not conceive
if they are
breastfeeding a child.
That's why my Bunny had such a hard time latching, and probably why so many
women struggle with
breastfeeding at first and end up supplementing (which is a bad road to go down
if you want to
breastfeed).
But take note of local attitudes as some countries find it offensive
if a
woman exposes her flesh, whether or not she is
breastfeeding.
If breastfeeding is really something you want to shield your kids from seeing that is YOUR problem and
If seeing a
woman breastfeeding her five year old is not appealing to YOU that is YOUR problem, it is not the mother who simply wants to nurse her child's problem, nor should it be her concern either.
They did find, however, that
women were more likely to be
breastfeeding in the four months after birth
if they delivered in a hospital that followed four of the ten steps outlined by the Initiative.
However,
if a
woman does not like
breastfeeding or feels that it is some burden, by all means don't do it.
I felt I don't even have to know these pregnant
women that I see walking down the street and I'm like «hey did you know you can get a breast pump through your insurance
if you're
breastfeeding?»
... Based on current knowledge, there is no medical evidence to indicate that in the general population,
women of reproductive age are at higher risk of miscarriage or preterm delivery
if they continue to
breastfeed while pregnant.
Even
if a
woman plans to raise her baby on formula, she should consider
breastfeeding for a week or two.
If all the mothers participating in the
Women Infant Child program would
breastfeed instead of buying formula for one month, the savings would be considerable.