Personal Narrative: The Birth Of My Child

The audience intended for this paper are mothers that have a desire to breastfeed, employers, clinicians, breastfeeding advocacy groups and federal and state legislators involved in policy change.

One of the things fueling the force against breastfeeding in public is that not a lot of people know how beneficial breastfeeding over formula feeding is for the child. According to The Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding: A Review and Analysis Written by Jon p. Weimer, the majority of the American infants were breastfed up until around 1950. In the last 50 years alone, breastfeeding has changed significantly with the creation of synthetic formula, causing the number of infants being breastfed to dwindle off. Between 1946 and 1956, the number of infants being breastfed fell by half, and by 1967 only 25% of America’s infant population was being breastfed at the time of hospital discharge. The numbers proceeded to increase and decrease in the

Every year, approximately 4 million babies are born in the United States. This means that every year, approximately 8 million breasts are swollen with Mother Nature's own ambrosia, ready to start our children down the path to a healthy and well-adjusted life. Having a child is the most natural thing in the world to most women. Breast feeding is the the most healthy food for a newborn child. It prevents a wide range of illnesses as well as helps the mother feel better after birth. So why not breastfeed your new born? Although many people believe that breast feeding puts undue stress on a new mother, ultimately, as a mother, you will be responsible for every single feeding that your child experiences. Sure, it is true that you can pump the

     If one chooses to have a child, shouldn’t he or she be obligated to do what is best for that child? There are many important choices to make for that child, and some may be more difficult than others. Hospital or home birth? Pampers or Huggies? Crib or family bed? But when it comes to feeding, the choice is clear. Breast-feeding is the best choice that mothers can make for themselves and their child.

When you think of feeding your baby, you have two options: breast milk or formula. I’m sure when you think of breastfeeding, you think it’s hard and painful, but in

As a nurse, performing health assessment on a new born baby, I need to first of know the educational level or background of the mother of the new infant, either breastfeeding mother o feeling reluctant to breastfeed in order to know how to approach such mothers. Let me first of say this, there are some mothers that know that, breastfeeding is good for their babies, but they lack the details of the breastfeeding benefits. I will make sure that such a mother understands

I feel wholly unqualified to talk about such a subject and yet, I did successfully nurse my first baby for 18 months so I guess that somewhat qualifies me to share something on it. First off, let me just say that although I am a very strong believer in breastfeeding, I am not one who believes all women can always breastfeed. I've been close to a few moms who have wanted so badly to breastfeed and been unable to, despite months of effort, pumping, working with a lactation consultant, and so on. Seeing this first-hand makes me instead say that I believe most women can usually breastfeed. God has designed mother's milk to be the best form of nutrition for an infant

Before we begin, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I began my motherhood journey 10 years ago with the birth of my daughter, and since with the addition of six more wonderful babies. I have exclusively breastfed each one, not without tears however. Today, breastfeeding is approached much like a question of whether one would like white or wheat bread. For mother centuries ago, this question did not exist, neither did it exist for me. For reasons, several I am sure there was no other consideration, but to breastfeed. The thought of supplying nutrition to my child through and intervention not of my own was unimaginable. Perhaps my time spent as a nurse’s aide on the post-partum wing of a hospital, laden with knowledgeable lactation consultants; this education would later be a great benefit for me, nursing my own and encouraging others on their quest; or simply my hippie crunchy tendencies lent themselves to this idea of breastfeeding. In any case, I was committed to nursing my babies. In these next few pages it is my goal to furnish the breastfeeding mother with some advice and encouragement in her decision to provide the best source of nutrition to her baby.

People claim that the actual problem they have with breastfeeding is the action of breast feeding. The main reason for that initial awkwardness is probably the taboo against showing one 's breasts around other people without

I agree that breast-feeding is the best choice. I liked that you concluded some myths that are associated with breast-feeding. I would never want a mother to feel that she should have to hide herself and her baby to breast-feed while they are out in public. I think that society is becoming more aware as to the great health benefits of breast feeding towards mother and baby and that is allowing for more acceptance. Now there are places in the work place specifically designed for working mothers to pump.

I think just keeping in my mindset, like I want him to be healthy. I see him, myself, very advanced for three months, like he sits up by himself and he likes to hold his own bottle sometimes and he’s very alert. I have heard other people say that and comment about that too, so if I can keep him healthy and very advanced, then that is what I will do and if breast milk is going to do that, then that is what I’m going to do for him.

All mothers who want to nurse in public, go for it! All people can do is say hateful words and try to scare you away. You do you. You keep taking care of your infant and keep succeeding in life. Your baby will thank you when they know you did good. I’m not saying feeding your infant with a bottle is a bad thing, because it definitely is not. But just at least give breastfeeding a try. It will help you and your baby out in the future. I just think mothers should be able to nurse

You've done the hard work and arranged the time to pump. Take the time to store your pumped milk correctly to provide your little one healthy milk for months to

The decision to breastfeed for mothers is complex and multifactorial (Pairman et al., 2015, p 803) and will be influenced by social norms, self-efficacy, knowledge and both social and professional support (Rollins et al., 2016). Support can be delivered by various methods and is based on interventions that diminish the complexities and challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers (Renfrew et al., 2012). Although breastfeeding is partly instinctive behaviour, it still needs to be learned and mothers need support, encouragement and adequate management to make breastfeeding a success (Stables & Rankin, 2010). This essay will aim to highlight the benefits and advantages of breastfeeding for both mother and child, and examine the support that

Breastfeeding is an experience that is foreign for most people until they actually experience it. I had limited knowledge of breastfeeding until I interviewed my friend who currently has two children. Before she had her first child, she read a lot of books and watched a lot of videos, but they still didn’t quite capture the experience. She is a nurse and with her healthcare background, she felt confident about the importance of breastfeeding her children, especially in the first 6 -12 months. Before her baby, she was worried about the physical process and what it would feel like. After birth, she was more worried about her baby being able to breastfeed. For the first few weeks, her baby was having a hard time breastfeeding and she had to occasionally