“Our class owes its uniqueness to mothering and lactation; indeed that is why it is called ‘mammalia’, after the mammary glands.” — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting 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 Personal experience Copy Share Image
“If they are not distorted by outside influences the relationship between a baby and her carers can help the adults to grow… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Away from the workplace these same workers might pay to watch a woman expose her breasts for the sexual stimulation of strangers.… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Many women think it is birth itself which is damaging and are unaware that it is an intervention which caused the problem.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
“Confidence plays a huge part and if a woman has seen breastfeeding all her life and assumes it works, then she will… — Gabrielle Palmer Confidence Copy Share Image
“Women were reputed to be stronger and “a better investment” than men, living on average four or five years longer.” — Gabrielle Palmer Five years Copy Share Image
“The 13 million babies born each year in the rich world will have a far greater impact on the Earth’s resources than… — 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 Faith Copy Share Image
“During the early months, mothers all over the world hear the question: ‘Do you think he’s getting enough?’ And company promotion works… — Gabrielle Palmer Business Copy Share Image
“To be a good mother, a woman is supposed to devote herself entirely to her children (and often a dependent and childlike… — Gabrielle Palmer Children Copy Share Image
“The production of milk works on the supply and demand principle. The more often the baby suckles, the more milk is made.” — Gabrielle Palmer Supply and demand Copy Share Image
“As it became usual for the noble baby to be wet nursed, it became more difficult for a mother to defy custom.” — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“A 1991 Swedish national survey revealed more complications and pain for women who had had episiotomies than for those with a spontaneous… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
