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"After cheerfully signing up to have a human being either pulled or cut out
of me and then getting over all the sewing-up, I don’t want to get into any
situation where I may have to reassure myself that the foreign discharge, if
and when it comes out of my nipple, is perfectly natural, or that the painfully
clogged duct will soon clear up, provided I keep the feedings frequent."
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Dear Friends:
This is an amazing article; the author is very open with her views.
I am sure that this attitude is becoming more common, as birth has been
mostly medicalized and technologically driven for the past 50 years (save for
a brief time in the 70s, when women demanded the right to give birth
naturally).
If women view birth as "signing up to have a human being either pulled
or cut out of me" what chance has breastfeeding?
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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