This was in my newspaper today and towards the bottom of the
article is a small blurb about "she is still nursing her seven
month old infant son". The judge wanted to make an example out
of her so that children know it is wrong to cheat and lie, so
she was just sentanced to six months in prison.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-jones12jan12,1,7163166.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-olympics
What a sad situation. Six months in prison and a seven month
old who is about to lose his mama and his comfort of nursing.
She has until March 11 to surrender to begin serving her
sentence. Hopefully she can gradually wean her baby between
now and then so it is less traumatic on her body and especially
on her son.
Even the prosecution team wasn't advocating for the jail time
and all were shocked at the severity of the sentence.
This just seems so sad to me today. Isn't there any good
breastfeeding news out there?
Michelle Swanson, LLLL
mom of 3, tandem nursing 2
Wyoming, USA
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