Take Action: It’s Time We Start Supporting Women, Babies and Breastfeeding
It appears that the breastfeeding debate continues to rage and divide women. I was SHOCKED when I read “The Case Against Breastfeeding” by Hanna Rosin in the Atlantic.
The article is prefaced with, “In certain overachieving circles, breast-feeding is no longer a choice—it’s a no-exceptions requirement, the ultimate badge of responsible parenting. Yet the actual health benefits of breast-feeding are surprisingly thin, far thinner than most popular literature indicates. Is breast-feeding right for every family? Or is it this generation’s vacuum cleaner—an instrument of misery that mostly just keeps women down?”
Seriously? Breastfeeding is a life sucking vacuum? That’s not the experience I remember so well. My children breastfeed for 14-16 months each (depending on the child) and I didn’t resent one single moment of it. (Plus, I’m lazy, so breastfeeding was perfect… no bottles to wash, formula to mix, I didn’t even have to get out of our bed at night.)
In Ms. Rosin’s breastfeeding bash, she fails to mention any of the POSITIVE benefits of breastfeeding for Mothers:
