Culturally there's also an expectation of pumping among stay at home moms which is bewildering. I do know women who think it isn't possible to maintain supply without pumping (why wouldn't it be?) And that pumping is necessary for sleep etc.
Pumping culture really undervalues a mother's time and resources. My mother because I don't pump, meaning that if I died in a car crash my son would have to drink formula. Like yeah? But girl this is calcium from *my bones*. I am not going to suck out nutrients from my body to keep in the freezer because of nebulous anxiety.
Every wasted drop of milk is a part of a woman's body that was commodified and discarded! Feeding at the breast is the only way to eliminate waste.
Feeding at the actual breast is also a lot better for babies in terms of their jaw, airway, and orofacial development! Bottle
feeding doesn’t cause the tongue to press against the soft palate in the same way. It’s a hugely underdiscussed way that breastfeeding contributes to normal development, including in the breastfeeding world. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8522884/
Culturally there's also an expectation of pumping among stay at home moms which is bewildering. I do know women who think it isn't possible to maintain supply without pumping (why wouldn't it be?) And that pumping is necessary for sleep etc.
Pumping culture really undervalues a mother's time and resources. My mother because I don't pump, meaning that if I died in a car crash my son would have to drink formula. Like yeah? But girl this is calcium from *my bones*. I am not going to suck out nutrients from my body to keep in the freezer because of nebulous anxiety.
Every wasted drop of milk is a part of a woman's body that was commodified and discarded! Feeding at the breast is the only way to eliminate waste.
Feeding at the actual breast is also a lot better for babies in terms of their jaw, airway, and orofacial development! Bottle
feeding doesn’t cause the tongue to press against the soft palate in the same way. It’s a hugely underdiscussed way that breastfeeding contributes to normal development, including in the breastfeeding world. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8522884/
Such a great point!