I just wanted to follow up on the post and find out, how did the breastfeeding go? How are your kids? How did your attitude(s) change (if it all) once you actually become a nursing mother? By the way, as a Mom and also as a researcher, I agree 100% with your statement that we need to be more supportive of mothers - on-site daycare, subsidized maternity leave, etc. I don't think it's ironic that some of the worst critics of breastfeeding are young women, in their twenties, who are not mothers themselves but who are feeling pressured by many conflicting messages as they try to sort out their own lives and figure out what feminism means to them.
I just wanted to follow up on the post and find out, how did the breastfeeding go? How are your kids? How did your attitude(s) change (if it all) once you actually become a nursing mother? By the way, as a Mom and also as a researcher, I agree 100% with your statement that we need to be more supportive of mothers - on-site daycare, subsidized maternity leave, etc. I don't think it's ironic that some of the worst critics of breastfeeding are young women, in their twenties, who are not mothers themselves but who are feeling pressured by many conflicting messages as they try to sort out their own lives and figure out what feminism means to them.