Jeanette said:

"This mom WOULD have felt guilty about not breastfeeding - but it would have
been the lack of support that had failed her, not her desire to breastfeed!"

This is so true!
Some wise person, probably on Lactnet, spoke about mothers feeling *regret*
rather than guilt, and I have found that when speaking to moms about a
previous failied breastfeeding experience that substituting this word helps;
along with putting the blame and guilt where it belongs - the health system
that failed them.

Jean Ridler  IBCLC   Cape Town  [log in to unmask]

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