The Issue Of Public Breastfeeding

In the world of supermodels and Kardashians, one thing the world is definitely lacking is modesty. It’s hard to even go out into the city without seeing a scantily clad woman on a billboard. There seems to be no problem with nudity in the public places, and yet if a breastfeeding mother sits down to feed her child, it’s immodest and should be done in a separate room. The controversy surrounding breastfeeding is one consisting of hypocrisy and childishness. Breastfeeding is a natural part of life, and yet women are expected to take their child into the bathroom to feed them even though they would not normally eat in the bathroom themselves. This is an opinion that needs to be changed, whether that change is met with opposition or not.

Having a baby and being flexible is really important when it comes to bottle feeding and breastfeeding. Bottle feeding makes this a little harder because of heating to the bottle, measuring, and sometimes trying to find a bottle. Breastfeeding make this a little easier because if you pump milk the night before, you can have up to three bottles for in the refrigerator. Sometimes if you do not have any milk in a bottle, one can also just let the baby breastfeed by sucking on the nipple. Serena Meyer and Ryan Teglene explain in their article

Breastfeeding is the prefect way that providing ideal food for healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an important component part of the reproductive process for the health of mothers (WHO, 2002). Breastfeeding has benefits not only for both mother and baby in health and family finance but also for society. The chance of disease such as type 2 diabetes, breast cancer ovarian cancer and postpartum depression would be decreased if mother breastfeed their babies. And babies would have a lower risk to get necrotizing enterocolitis, lower respiratory infections, asthma, obesity and type 2 diabetes. In poor family, breastfeeding can save the cost of formula milk and health care. For society, if 90 percent of mothers breastfeed their babies for 6 months, 1000 deaths of infants will be prevented. For environment, the amount of rubbish would be decreased due to the less of formula can and bottle.

Watson and Mason ‘s article discusses the campaign by Save The Children to encourage breastfeeding by organizing a campaign entitled “Power of the first Hour,” in which they encouraged breasting feeding in the first hour of a child’s life, as the key to prevent the child’s death. While, the campaign had best of intentions it demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of why women chose not to breastfeed their children and invisibilizes women. This campaign assumes that women, especially in developed countries, who bottle feed their child are “uneducated on infant health, childcare and child rearing and as lacking agency and empowerment.” (573) However, in most cases women have very valid reasons for not breastfeeding their child that has nothing to do with their “lack” of education but numerous interrelated factors that cold make it impossible to breastfeed their child, leaving bottle feeding as the only viable option. Women may not be healthy enough to produce milk or they have another conditions such as HIV/AIDS, which could make it dangerous to breastfeed, therefore the choice to bottle feed is the wiser

African American mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates compared with other ethnic groups in America (Lowe, 2011). Therefore, without having the benefits of breastfeeding, African American children tend to have a higher risk of getting infectious and chronic diseases throughout their lifespan (Eidelman & Schanler, 2012).

“Breast feeding rates in developed countries such as the UK, Australia and the US are typically lower than World Health Organisation goals” Parkinson (2010) 3. From a study carried out by Queensland university stressed the importance of not only the delivery of literature on how effective breastfeeding is for your babies health but that what was also needed to increase the number of breast feeders was to give personal support and explains social and environmental benefits also. When they looked at the UK in particular, Parkinson (2010) 3 stated “women already understood that breastfeeding was good for their baby, and what they needed were the tools to help them to breastfeed longer. From this it is clear that although effective and sufficient information around the benefits of the child is being addressed, there is no sufficient information or skills being given direct to the parents in order for them to carry this out for any length of time. Another piece of research was carried out in 2010 on ways to change the paradigm of breastfeeding, from encouraging promotion of breast feeding within the employment setting.

Breastfeeding in public has been a big thing this year for many different reasons. It's offensive to others in public because we don't live in a society today where it's okay to show our boobs or cleavage. Breast feeding should be a crime for being done in public. Its disgusting and there is so many more places to breastfeed instead of infront of everybody. Women should go in a bathroom stall for an hour and just sit there while they feed their child because that's the most sanitized place ever.

Women carry a child inside of their body for 9 straight months. Why should we take away the right for them to feed their child publicly? Yes, nudity in a public space is illegal, but not feeding your child is, too. Women across the country are enraged about people saying they feel uncomfortable about it. Who would want to feed their child in a bathroom stall? Breastfeeding is beneficial to mother and child, it's ideal for the child's health, and it's cost effective and environmentally

Breastfeeding has been around for thousands of years and was considered normal. In today's society, breastfeeding is seen as a taboo. Women have been hassled in public for the reason that the people are not comfortable seeing mothers breastfeed. Proponents such as I feel that breastfeeding in public is appropriate because it is simply a mother meeting her child's most basic need. With babies being exposed to germs and diseases at all times, I am for breastfeeding whenever it is needed in order for them to get the health benefits, such as nutrients and antibodies, that come along with it.

It seems like every other day there is a new scandal involving a mother breastfeeding in public. When did breastfeeding become so controversial? This is the purpose of female breasts; besides, it is economical, and conveniently there on demand. Experts agree, the benefits of breastfeeding are overwhelmingly evident; but Americans have sexualized breasts to such an extent that something as natural as breastfeeding an infant has been misconstrued into a lewd act. Since much of a mothers decision on whether they will breastfeed or not is based on public perception; therefore, breastfeeding in public should be promoted and encouraged for the well being mothers and

What could possibly be wrong about a mother nourishing her child? Absolutely nothing. Many people view a woman's breasts as sexual items. The main purpose of breasts Is to breastfeed a child after birth. I came across The Milk Truck while back. The Milk Truck is there “to create a mobile breastfeeding unit that allows mothers to feed their babies in places where they have been discouraged - restaurants, shopping malls, public spaces, etc. Babies should be able to eat anywhere, and everywhere". I am absolutely for breastfeeding in public.

First off let me start off by saying breastfeeding is something I am deeply compassionate about. I have 3 kids who all were breast fed. The ability you have to feed your baby with your body is an amazing thing & it’s something I support whole-heartily. Whenever I see a mom breastfeeding in public I always make sure to give her the Mom nod and smile, to sorta tell her she’s doing awesome, and to keep it up. It takes encouragement to breastfeed and especially in public. Now I am not particular on how a woman nurses her baby in public. Covered or not, it really doesn't matter to me as long as they are breastfeeding their baby.

Mothers’ experience of fathers’ support for breastfeeding is a qualitative study with open- and closed-ended questions interviews. 19 face to face interviews were done. Ten thematic categories were found. They are 1) Fathers supported the decision to breastfeed, 2) Multifaceted approach to breast-feeding preparation was helpful, 3) Mothers perceived fathers benefited from lactation consultant support, 4) Fathers felt helpless and disconnected from breast-feeding, 5) Mothers benefited from fathers’ emotional support, 6) Fathers provided physical support to mothers, 7) Mothers perceived fathers enjoyed being involved in the feeding process, 8) Challenges in breast-feeding, 9) Women need emotional support to make breast-feeding successful, 10)

Women make baby feeding decisions, and they are influenced by a mixture of factors. Any of these factors may encourage breastfeeding, or discourage breastfeeding. Such factors include cultural traditions, religious beliefs, whether the mother works outside the home or not, attitudes held by her family members, and the mother’s level of education. Also, while nursing may be instinctive to some mammals, it is not instinctive to us. Breastfeeding is a learned behavior, and women may give up breastfeeding out of frustration and lack of support, especially if other women in her family did not breastfeed. While breastfeeding is a legal right in several countries, women face problems exercising their legal rights to breastfeed their babies. Conjoining

Determine whether a prenatal breastfeeding workshop increased breastfeeding self-efficacy and exclusive breastfeeding in expectant mothers.