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Date: | Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:43:35 EDT |
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Dear Friends:
This discussion about mothers that choose to pump leads me to wonder if
it is mothering that we are fighting for, more than breastfeeding.
I see that the trend in the area where I live is for less mother-baby
contact in real life. After being in a nurturing community event for 3 days,
where the babies were passed around to everyone, I realized that most babies I see
out in the world are strapped into strollers, down at adult knee level, with
plugs in their mouths.
A main cultural message is that women must be busy and that mothering
does not count as work.
How often do we hear that a mother is "too busy" to breastfeed? She
prefers to pump because she can be on the computer/telephone or some other work
while extracting milk. This is the way she gives something to everyone: her milk
to her baby, her time to her employment, and her focus to juggling it all.
Cultural pressure makes women choose the path of least resistance.
I am NOT saying I like any of these things; just musing aloud about some
changes I have noticed over the years.
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University, Lactation Program
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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