I'm not from Nova Scotia (although I've given talks and workshops there!) so
I'm not entirely familiar with the culture, but I do know that in many,
perhaps most, parts of Canada people are more comfortable with exposed
breasts than they seem to be in the US. It was a woman from Guelph, where I
live, who got the provincial Supreme Court to agree that women should be
entitled to go topless whenever men can go topless, and you regularly see
topless women at our summer music festivals and some other events. Not
hundreds of them, but some, and it isn't a big deal. So the posters may work
better in Canada than in the US and I think it is important for each
community to figure out what works for them.
I believe that INFACT did a study with their posters (most of which show
babies breastfeeding at completely exposed breasts, and one is of breasts
with the caption: Fast Food Outlets - two convenient locations) by putting
them up in some malls. They surveyed nurses and health professionals, who
felt the reactions would be negative - but in fact the responses from the
general public were overwhelmingly positive. Of course there were a few
negative responses but the number was very small, especially in comparison
to what the professionals had anticipated.
Finally, I just want to announce the arrival of my third grandchild, Xavier
Jaydon Pitman. He was born on Friday, at home, with me, his aunt Lisa, his
big brother Sebastian and big sister Callista all there to support mom and
dad (plus the wonderful midwives, of course), after a short (4 hours) but
fairly intense labour. He found the breast and latched on quite beautifully
9 minutes after he was born, and had three large poopy diapers in the first
24 hours (Callista has nursed diligently throughout the pregnancy to help
make sure there would be plenty of milk). I love being a grandmother almost
as much as I love being a mother.
Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario
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