Definitions
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- noun The activity of
feeding a baby or young childmilk from thebreast of a lactating woman. - verb Present participle of
breastfeed .
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Examples
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[The rise in breastfeeding is therefore coinciding with a rise in rickets.]
Vitamin D Deficiency Problems in Teens and Adults Steve Carper 2008
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Formula gained its foothold not because the pharmaceutical companies were evil incarnate but because breastfeeding is difficult and stressful for a great number of women.
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Like breastfeeding in general, co-breastfeeding is a personal decision.
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I probably should stay out of the drama, but breastfeeding is a topic I am passionate about.
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But we are not in Utopian Motherhood, we are here where breastfeeding is fraught with cultural baggage and we are not all going to agree.
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If doctors and midwives said hey. breastfeeding is great for this reason, but formula is a perfectly acceptable option.
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If you nurse your baby, remember that breastfeeding is a highly effective method of birth control for the first six months, which might give you a bit more time to research other options.
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I also live in a great community where public breastfeeding is common and supported.
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When breastfeeding is no longer considered sexual or obscene, when woman are allowed to birth wherever and with whomever they choose, when children are no longer beaten to death in the name of discipline, then we can call ourselves a developed nation.
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So you are absolutely correct - shaming bottle feeders to promote breastfeeding is not the answer.
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