It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when they most need support: after the birth of a child.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People always have something to say about how long is too long or not long enough to breastfeed. I think this is such a personal decision that it can only be made between each baby and his or her mommy.
My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children.
The guilt of newborns is immense.
I've given birth to five babies and I breastfed every single one of these babies. To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies. You wanna talk about the nanny state? I think we just got the new definition of a nanny.
No one argues with the many benefits of breastfeeding for those women who choose it.
About four or five weeks after it was publicly announced I was no longer breastfeeding, I got a letter from the NHS saying they were being supportive of me, but basically, they were very disappointed I'd stopped.
Something as simple as better breastfeeding could save a million children a year.
Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
I'm a big advocate of breastfeeding.
There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.