Others want to help other
mothers avoid the mistakes they made, or share in the joys they found with their children, or change the «system» to be more friendly to breastfeeding.The Lactation Consultant
profession developed
out of dual roots
of mothers» experiences and professional interest.
Key
professions such as nursing, teaching and social work are losing thousands
of potential recruits as student
mothers drop
out of higher education due to a lack
of support from universities.
Let's really be direct and talk about caregiving roles and what I call the double binder, I don't call it that, it's been called that before, the double bind which is this sort
of pressure to be a great worker, pressure to be very successful in your
profession, and then this pressure to be very successful as a
mother, a caregiver, a spouse and how that creates this situation that could be a bit
of a pressure cooker and for many women they find I think that there's just often pressure to move
out of either a type
of legal
profession or move
out of the
profession entirely in order to meet the pressure that is placed on so many moms.