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“Black women have suffered more coercion into sterilisation or the use of riskier forms of contraception.30” quote by Gabrielle Palmer — Download Open image

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“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…

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“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…

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“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…

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

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

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