I'm all for us reclaiming 'nursing'.  It's the original term, in terms 
of our own langauge tree, and it's the one that then extended its 
meaning to other types of nursing.  I can understand if you are it the 
medical profession, it's harder to reclaim, but I think it's an 
important word.

It encompases the warmth and emotional bonding of the process, as much 
as the method of feeding.  It also brings with it it's own history, and 
reminds people this is not a new fangled thing.  It's a word of 
childhood: Nursey Rhymes, The Nursery, and it's a word of love.

It's a word I use constantly, and hope others will reclaim it too!  :-)

Morgan Gallagher


James O'Quinn wrote:
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> I'm not from outside the US but I have come to use the term "maternal 
> nursing" very often instead of "nursing" or "breastfeeding".
> Like you I dislike the word breastfeeding because it is a variation on 
> "bottle-feeding" and I have especially disliked it since LLL tried to 
> redefine "breastfeeding" to include bottle-feeding human milk by a 
> mother substitute...but "nursing" confuses people who are more 
> familiar with RNs than nursing mothers so "Maternal Nursing" fits the 
> bill for me.

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