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Date: | Sat, 15 Nov 1997 18:28:35 -0500 |
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Kathleeen,
I am totally with you that a mom should not feel she must
hide to breastfeed.
However, how a mom feels is not under our control. I
understand Carol Bryant found that embarasment was one of
the big reasons moms don´t even start to breastfeed. This
is especially true in my culture.
Keeping that in mind, I usually discuss how to breastfeed
discreetly in my prenatal and postpartum classes. However,
at the very same time I state that I celebrate each mom who
feels she can breastfeed ¨visibly¨ in the mall or anyplace
else where others would see her:
¨Because I like 8 and 9 year old girls to see that breasts
are not for selling cars, cigaretts or liquor, but to FEED
BABIES!¨
Moms (and Dads) usually laugh when I say this, but it
seems to stick - because usually at my support groups moms
comment on how comfortable they now feel breastfeeding in
public...
Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, IBCLC
Puerto Rico
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