Washington Post  Ask Amy...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061202210_2.html

/Dear Amy:/

/More on the breast-feeding debate./

/Nobody will argue with the fact that breast milk is probably better for 
a baby. But why are these women so insistent that it be done publicly?/

/Have they stopped making breast pumps? If a woman knows she is going to 
be out during feeding time, isn't it possible to fill a couple of 
bottles with pumped milk?/

/I am as uncomfortable knowing that a woman is breast-feeding even if 
the mother is wearing a tent, as I would be with a couple groping each 
other with all their clothes on. It just isn't public entertainment./

*Elna*

Pumping breast milk is a time-consuming process. So, for instance, a 
woman would have to spend maybe 45 minutes pumping a few ounces of milk 
to bottle-feed a baby later in the day, which takes another half-hour or 
so. And then, right around the time of that bottle feeding, the mother's 
breasts would be full, so she would have to pump again, which is foolish 
if your child is already with you (pumping is great for working moms).

You're saying that there's absolutely nothing a woman can do to 
breast-feed her child that would satisfy your comfort level. You might 
feel better knowing that a mother's choice to breast-feed her baby has 
absolutely nothing to do with you.

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Morgan Gallagher

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