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Teresa Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:08:32 -0400
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>>In my neck of the woods the fair number of women I see exclusively pumping
are nearly all (pace moms of cleft babies etc) mothers who would certainly
have fed formula ten years ago

I think that's what I see, too, and I'm glad for this much progress - but it
still makes me sad. To me it speaks of a disconnectedness with their bodies
and their babies that, frankly, I find tragic.

We take it very lightly if a woman says she feels too uncomfortable to
breastfeed her baby, but I think this is a pretty major thing. Given that
breastfeeding is what our bodies are designed to do, and that it is the way
nature intended mothers and babies to be together, how does this feeling
affect her relationship with her baby? And her feelings about other aspects
of her body?

If a new bride said she loved her husband but felt uncomfortable about sex
so wasn't going to do it,  wouldn't people suggest counselling? Would we say
don't worry, your relationship will be just as good without it?

Maybe that seems like an extreme comparision, but to me these are both
normal bodily functions and essential parts of certain human relationships.

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario

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