Nurse Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“Many mothers were convinced that artificial milk was a medicine, especially as it was endorsed and distributed through healthcare channels.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Artificial milk has been a hit and miss affair, relying on experimentation on babies.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The commercial and medical pressures to use artificial milks would have kept breastmilk supplies low.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In the past, rich women had frequently delegated childcare to a wet nurse. As doctors and companies began to promote and provide artificial milks,…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Modern health and aid workers still dole out artificial milk to breastfeeding mothers in hospitals, clinics and refugee camps because they do not like…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In many societies any non-human milk donation was interpreted as a health message to replace breastfeeding, an idea often endorsed by the resident foreigners’…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Despite scientific evidence that (except in rare medical cases) anything other than breastmilk interferes with the establishment of breastfeeding and may do harm, artificial…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Artificial feeding is risky. This basic fact upsets people who feel insulted if they or their mothers did not breastfeed but most women do…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Those who market artificial baby milk, bottles, teats and the essential cleaning materials benefit financially from keeping breastfeeding in check.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The unfamiliarity of the hospital ward, the busyness of the staff and the presence of strangers, can all inhibit a woman, as do the…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In industrialised societies, the advertising of baby milks and bottles and the doubts of health workers and families provide the modern curses and spells.…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Damaging hospital practices made breastfeeding a near-impossible procedure and only women with alternative sources of support and knowledge were able to do it.”

— Gabrielle Palmer