Your Breastfeeding Story
Dear Mom, For too long, experts have touted breast is best and breastfeeding is normal . While both slogans are true, the messages are incomplete. They fail to recognize the human effort and sacrifice required to complete this biologically normal behavior. They fail to recognize that it doesn’t always work the way you planned. They fail to recognize that everyone’s journey is different and unique. Even when breastfeeding works just the way you envisioned, Breastfeeding is Hard! We live in an era of information overload. Everyone has an opinion on your breastfeeding experience. Public health campaigns emphasize exclusive breastfeeding . Marketing campaigns promote infant formula while breastfeeding hard-liners demonize bottle use. Anti-breastfeeding groups use social media posts to proclaim fed is best and healthcare providers are afraid to even discuss breastfeeding for fear of sounding judgmental. People want to breastfeed. The data support it. Over 80% of moms breastfeed
