“In spite of continual railing against those unworthy mothers who did not suckle their babies, there was little interest or research into… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“When the baby food industry protests that they are not wholly responsible for the decline in breastfeeding they are right; the aid… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Breastfeeding has been one of the best experiences of my life. I love it! I can't stop! I think I'm going to… — Shakira Copy Share Image
“Any man who discourages a mom from breastfeeding their newborn baby is probably abusive to the said woman and would later channel… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“The women who do abruptly deny the breast believe that it is in their children’s best interest. It can lead to malnutrition… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“A Chicago study of 20,000 infants, all from poor families, all under the supervision of local welfare clinics, revealed that at nine… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Breastmilk substitutes can be useful, life-saving products, just as artificial insulin can save the lives of diabetics, but no honest doctor could… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
A woman's life isn't worth a plateful of cabbage if she hasn't felt life stir under her heart. Taking a little one… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
“The unfamiliarity of the hospital ward, the busyness of the staff and the presence of strangers, can all inhibit a woman, as… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Health officials from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland and Israel have all issued warnings against the use of soya-based artificial milks… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“To this day ‘insufficient milk’ is the commonest reason that women give for abandoning breastfeeding. This is more common in societies where… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Using breasts for feeding a baby may be emotionally confusing if society and personal experience have emphasised their sexual and aesthetic functions.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“It has become socially acceptable for a baby to suck anything, be it bottle, dummy, soft toy, blanket or the nearest adult… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“These depots were the forerunners of health clinics all over the world where a cheap or free product has been used to… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
There are proven health benefits for both babies and mothers who breastfeed, and it's unfortunate that it still carries an unfair stigma… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
“Artificial milk, baby foods and bottles do. They kill babies and small children by transmitting infections because it is very difficult to… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat… — Irena Chalmers Copy Share Image
It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
“Millions who have ‘tried’ to breastfeed gave up because general ignorance, hospital and health workers’ practices, all interwoven with cleverly targeted product… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Faith alone does not make breastfeeding easy in a society ignorant of ordinary techniques, but where breastfeeding is still normal, the fact… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“In any emergency, breastfeeding can and must continue. It saves the lives of infants and young children, and of their mothers through… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“The development of the infant food industry has depended on the repeated testing of unproven products on unsuspecting consumers without their informed… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“The American Academy of Pediatrics officially supports breastfeeding, but receives about half a million dollars from Ross, manufacturers of Similac infant formula.” — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“Most advice actually contributed to breastfeeding failure and the lucky women were those who escaped the erroneous edicts of the health workers.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
The mother has to have enough food in order to produce enough milk in order to breast feed, but she has to… — Catherine Bertini Copy Share Image
Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing [for moms] is - I always liked help with feeding essentials like breastfeeding stuff, because it's… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
“What the milk depots established was the link between artificial milk distribution and the health centres which persists to this day, the… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When I tell people that I lost my baby weight through breastfeeding, they think I'm exaggerating. But it was brilliant for that.… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
“The BFHI was designed to protect and promote exclusive breastfeeding, but its provisions always included the acceptance of medically indicated replacement feeding.… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“In the same way, breastfeeding is seen as a woman’s topic. Though women are often told whether or not they should do… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“The silence stretched out between us as I stared at him, the tears blurring my vision as I waited for him to… — Kathryn Michaels Copy Share Image
I hate to admit this, but before we had a baby I was kind of weirded out by breastfeeding. It looked strange,… — David Alan Basche Copy Share Image
“A common media image of breastfeeding has been of a hungry mother in a famine rather than of the millions of ordinary… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Some babies are less secure in the presence of strangers and that is when they need the breast most, yet in industrialised… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
I had four C-sections and my stomach looked like the map of the world. My breasts were hanging down to here from… — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image
“It is now known that even in a rich country, a millionaire’s baby who is artificially fed is less healthy than the… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
It costs a lot of money to go into cafes to breastfeed when out in public. Not everyone has the money to… — Jill Johnston Copy Share Image