My battle to breastfeed
Breast is best. The message that is synonymous with infant feeding. Breast is best. There is no point in denying it or trying to argue with this simple, three worded statement. There is no need for me to write a literature review on the benefits of breast milk and why it is nature’s perfect food because it is, at least as far as I am aware, a universally known fact. Many may argue points about “weak” breast milk, but there is no such thing. The only problem with breast milk, in my experience, is when there is not enough… During my pregnancy, I was quite open-minded about two of the most judged aspects of having children: the methods of delivery and feeding. It is so easy to get caught up in the sanctimonious bullshit or the guilt-laden excuses that accompany the various for and against arguments. We live in an age of contradictions in which we rely on our smart phones to get us through the day, but we keep trying to “get back to nature”. Caesarian section births and infant formula