“The drugs commonly used for pain relief in labour can adversely affect the baby’s responses and make him reluctant to breastfeed.” — Gabrielle Palmer Pain relief Copy Share Image
“9. All information on artificial feeding, including labels, should explain the benefits of breastfeeding and warn of the costs and hazards associated… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“The availability and promotion of commercial foods had a demoralising influence on both individual and social confidence in breastfeeding.” — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“infants fed SIFs have been placed at risk in “a large, uncontrolled and basically unmonitored human infant experiment”.75” — Gabrielle Palmer Human Infant 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 Greater Impact Copy Share Image
“The same country that has such weak regulations (and they are among the best in the world) of the artificial milk market… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“If they are not prevented from doing so, the majority of babies have the power to stimulate the manufacture of their own… — Gabrielle Palmer Food supply Copy Share Image
“Having more than one wife was seen as unchristian, but rape within monogamous marriage was accepted.” — Gabrielle Palmer Marriage Copy Share Image
“Practical Rules for the Management and Medical Treatment of Negro Slaves in the Sugar Colonies, stated: “Negroes are universally fond of suckling… — Gabrielle Palmer Children Copy Share Image
“Infant formula samples are placed in ‘discharge bags’ full of promotional products. These are presented as attractive gifts when in fact they… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“The assumption that fertility control should be manipulated by authorities without respect for the wishes and dignity of individuals still exists. We… — Gabrielle Palmer Birth control Copy Share Image
“Solitary babies are in danger and crying is evolution’s method of alerting a mother that her baby needs her urgently. If ignored… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“Women have the right to choose how they use their bodies and they cannot (and should not) be forced to breastfeed, but… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeed Copy Share Image
“In many societies any non-human milk donation was interpreted as a health message to replace breastfeeding, an idea often endorsed by the… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“In rich countries, there has been a trend to harvest cord-blood for stem-cells. Harvesting 100mls of blood from a newborn is equivalent… — Gabrielle Palmer Health Copy Share Image
“Because people who live in richer regions are often unclear why artificial feeding is so dangerous in poorer regions it is important… — Gabrielle Palmer Life Copy Share Image
“The famous US political family, the Kennedys, were known for their numerous children, yet were never condemned for contributing to overpopulation.” — Gabrielle Palmer Children Copy Share Image
“Informed choice is the mantra of western society and is seen as a right, but few parents are fully informed.” — Gabrielle Palmer Choice Copy Share Image
“If stress stopped lactation, the human race would never have evolved because stress has always been an integral part of human existence.” — Gabrielle Palmer Human existence Copy Share Image
“It was perhaps inevitable that a reverence for all things ‘scientific’ should be accompanied by some scorn for ‘natural’ processes.” — Gabrielle Palmer Nature Copy Share Image
“The role of the baby in all aspects of breastfeeding has been underestimated, and one scientist described this part aptly as “the… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“The German word for breastfeeding, ‘Stillen’, means to quieten and soothe as well as to give the breast.” — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“Those who market artificial baby milk, bottles, teats and the essential cleaning materials benefit financially from keeping breastfeeding in check.” — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“That means not having a baby close to their body or in their bed and most definitely not giving a child free… — Gabrielle Palmer Children Copy Share Image
“12. Manufacturers and distributors should comply with the Code (and all subsequent WHA Resolutions on infant feeding) independently of any government action… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“Graduate couples were offered free holidays in romantic places in an attempt to induce them to breed,” — Gabrielle Palmer Free Holidays Copy Share Image
“Enterobacter sakazakii causes a life-threatening meningitis and survivors may be brain damaged. No exclusively breastfed baby is known to have been infected… — Gabrielle Palmer Brain damage Copy Share Image
“An exclusively breastfed child can die, just as an artificially fed child can survive, because of a range of risk factors, but… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“US black women are three times more likely to die than white women from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and this… — Gabrielle Palmer Black women Copy Share Image
“Women report that it is often other women who ask them to stop breastfeeding or leave a café or other public place.” — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding 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
“The stress of rapid change, the absence of supportive female relatives and the attempt to adjust to an alien way of life… — Gabrielle Palmer Change Copy Share Image
“Community-based promotion of exclusive breastfeeding can work wonders. Counsellors do not need to be health workers, they just need high quality training,… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding 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 Child Copy Share Image
“Whenever manufacturers claim to be responding to a ‘need’, it seems that people have to be reminded through advertising in case they… — Gabrielle Palmer Advertising Copy Share Image
“A baby’s relationship with her mother is the primary experience of love. Does anyone fall in love to a schedule?” — Gabrielle Palmer Experience love Copy Share Image
“Mothers who share a bed or use a three-sided cot attached to the bed are far more responsive to their babies than… — Gabrielle Palmer Parenting Copy Share Image
“Even in the USA, where artificial feeding is assumed to be safe, it has been calculated that 720 babies between the age… — Gabrielle Palmer Breastfeeding Copy Share Image
“It was ‘discovered’ in the 1940s that babies in orphanages who received all their supposed nutritional requirements, did not grow because they… — Gabrielle Palmer Orphanages Copy Share Image
“Artificial milk is an entirely different substance from human milk, containing no living cells and not adapting to each baby’s individual and… — Gabrielle Palmer Milk Copy Share Image
