Boy, you're not kidding about the pressure to brea...
Boy, you're not kidding about the pressure to breastfeed. It's intense. It didn't work out for me with #1, and I felt like a criminal. That just shouldn't ever be.
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I try to not even comment on breastfeeding posts anymore b/c I am not of sound mind when I do so. The shame of failure sent me into such down spiral that I don't see clearly. I am pleased for women...
View ArticleIt must have been a critical time for change becau...
It must have been a critical time for change because we had our first in 1972, and there never seemed to be a question then.
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I didn't start following any of the literature until my first child was about 5 months old (I didn't even KNOW there was literature!), and thank god for that. I also had no friends with babies, which...
View ArticleI vividly remember being told that if I was breast...
I vividly remember being told that if I was breastfeeding "properly" it wouldn't hurt. Such baloney - every mother I have ever met who breastfed agrees that it hurts a bit to start with, but oh the...
View ArticleYour last paragraph sums it all up perfectly for m...
Your last paragraph sums it all up perfectly for me. But how amazing to hear your personal story, a universal story, but unique b/c it's you and in a different time than my own mothering story.
View ArticleMostly people thought nursing mothers were nuts in...
Mostly people thought nursing mothers were nuts in the early sixties; Anvil Cloud, I was right on the cusp. By '67 there were a lot of nursing mothers. Mad, Loth, nANCE, it is that guilt trip stuff...
View ArticleHey, thank you for sharing this, I really apprecia...
Hey, thank you for sharing this, I really appreciate it.Ameda Ultra
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