Breastfeeding 1-2-3 » Rachel Myr http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123 Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Breastfeeding Quote: More Than Just Milk http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-quote-more-than-just-milk/ http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-quote-more-than-just-milk/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:58:11 +0000 Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/?p=2122 Post from: Breastfeeding 1-2-3

]]> 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.

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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

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