Nurse Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“Babies need to breastfeed when their bodies tell them to.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In spite of continual railing against those unworthy mothers who did not suckle their babies, there was little interest or research into the causes…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Most mothers intended to breastfeed, but the spreading message to restrict feeding made problems more likely.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“For many women breastfeeding is not an instinct and has to be learned.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It was the medical staff, not the mothers, who resisted the idea that breastfeeding worked.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastfeeding is often ‘blamed’ for a problem which it is helping to solve.45”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“When our birthing culture comes to its senses and follows the evidence of what works best, then many breastfeeding difficulties will melt away.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Midwives generally understood breastfeeding better than doctors.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“In societies where breastfeeding is taken for granted and practised unselfconsciously and openly, women find it easier.21”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Breastfeeding does not have to be hard. Breastfeeding is natural. With rare exceptions, it becomes hard only because of all the interference caused by…

— Adrienne Carmack

“Messages about the ‘benefits’ of breastfeeding imply that artificial feeding is normal and safe, and that breastfeeding is a bonus.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Women have a unique power through breastfeeding to maintain health, life and finite resources.”

— Gabrielle Palmer