Breastfeeding Quote: More Than Just Milk
June 4, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under advantages of breastfeeding, quotes and literature
This rather shocking quote affirms everything I have always felt about breastfeeding. You can’t replace breastfeeding with formula, or even breast milk with formula; they simply aren’t equivalent. That doesn’t make formula “bad” nor should it make formula-feeding mothers feel guilty. It acknowledges that breastfeeding is part of an intimate relationship between mother and child.
Quote graphic by boroda003
To reduce breastfeeding to milk is like reducing sex to semen.
– Rachel Myr, Lactnet list facilitator, named “Midwife of the Year 2008″ in Norway, as quoted in Lactnet
Wow, that’s a doozy! I agree completely, but I’m not sure I would use that quote in general conversation.
Love it! Mr. HPP has decided to use that quote next time any of his workmates make a breastfeeding comment, oh to be a fly on the wall for that conversation