I have seen abdomens pummelled, stretched-out hands…

“The BFHI was designed to protect and promote exclusive breastfeeding, but its provisions always included the acceptance of medically indicated replacement feeding. When this…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Babies who do not sleep ‘through the night’ alone in a cot, as soon as possible after birth, are seen as a ‘problem’.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“a midwife’s role was to work with nature, whereas a doctor was trained to seek out its defects and remedy them.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“a product presented as ‘closest to mother’s milk’ might actually include potatoes, fungi and beans, depending on the price of course.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It is difficult to insist on breastfeeding because nurses and physicians are eager to have the infant show the greatest possible gain.”12”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In some countries, pumping has become the default method of expression, and hand expression has become an afterthought. It would be safer if it…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The parts of the brain which influence social and emotional relationships do not develop automatically but in response to the way a baby is…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastfeeding mothers, sleeping by their babies in three-sided cribs with the open side joined to the adult bed, respond quite differently from mothers whose…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In the same way, breastfeeding is seen as a woman’s topic. Though women are often told whether or not they should do it, it…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It seems likely that if you are told that your vagina is so ill-designed that it must be cut open to perform a normal…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Love facilitates a massive burst of connections in this part of the brain between six and 12 months. Neglect at this time can greatly…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It is now known that babies’ brains develop according to how much they are loved.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastmilk is designed for rapid digestion and frequent feeding.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastmilk substitutes can be useful, life-saving products, just as artificial insulin can save the lives of diabetics, but no honest doctor could advocate the…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“An exclusively breastfed child can die, just as an artificially fed child can survive, because of a range of risk factors, but this does…

— Gabrielle Palmer