Miranda Kerr did it. Pink did it. And Angelina Jolie did it on the cover of W Magazine – sharing breastfeeding pictures (“brelfies”) with the world.
A recent survey by Channel Mum in the UK proves what every new mother knows: Women face enormous pressure to breastfeed – dubbed “bressure”. The research shows that up to 70% of women feel that they have been negatively judged for using formula. And 41% of women who bottle feed feel they have “failed as a mum and failed their child” because they did not breastfeed.
Why is that? Why does society tolerate, or even endorse, that women are forced, humiliated or manipulated into giving another person the use of their body against their will?
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The most common claim in favor of breastfeeding is that breast milk is, nutritionally speaking, best for infants. There are plenty of studies that suggest that breastfeeding has a significant positive effect on the subsequent wellbeing of a baby: By way of example, it is asserted that breastfed babies are less likely to develop asthma , to be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and have a better neural and psychosocial development .
Most of the empirical evidence concerning the many claimed advantages of
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Simply because it does. It’s not your technique. It’s not Lucy’s technique. That’s just the way it is. Anyone who tells you differently is just misleading you […] Find the position that seems the most comfortable and try to breathe through the pain.“ So, the same author who advocates for sleep training at 8 weeks because parents need to get their sleep is telling young mothers to use breathing techniques to get over the pain because of breastfeeding. And he is not talking about some discomfort. He is talking about intense pain, and he is telling mothers to just get over it and accept the role the universe assigned