01/22/2023
“Don’t worry! Fed is best anyways!” A doctor at the hospital tells a mother who just birthed her baby who won’t latch.
“Don’t worry, they all grow up to eat chicken nuggets anyways!” Laughs the nurse at a babies 3rd well visit, he isn’t gaining weight the way they want.
“Don’t worry! It hurt me to nurse too so I stopped!” Says a woman to her friend over lunch as she watches her cringe in pain.
“Don’t worry! A bottle will help her sleep through the night.” Says a husband to his wife when the alarm goes off to feed.
“Don’t worry! He’ll never remember you stopped!” Says a coworker to his friend who’s freezer supply is dwindling and she’s struggling to get more then an ounce.
Don’t worry they all said. Fed is best anyways.
She cried for help.
She sobbed in that office.
She called her friend exhausted.
She went to anyone she could.
She begged. She pleaded.
But fed is best anyways.
A phrase we started to help moms know it’s okay if it just simply “doesn’t work out” Is crippling thousands of woman.
Choosing formula over breastfeeding is a choice. Yet the mothers choosing breast are having that choice ripped from them - before they ever stood a chance.
So I encourage you, next time a mom is begging for support, don’t turn to her and say “Well fed is best anyways!”
Ask her what you can do.
Help her read the books.
Help her search on google.
Help her find an IBCLC.
Help her get the help she needs.
The western world has the lowest and shortest breastfeeding terms globally. I’ll let you do the math on why you think that is.
If you are a mother who struggled and had your journey end before you were ready, I stand with you. My heart hurts for you.
Just know there are woman like me, doing everything we can to make sure the next generation doesn’t have to beg and plead for the help they need.
And for those in the thick of it, Remember: Breastfeeding is NOT all or nothing. Every teaspoon of has 3,000,000 germ-killing cells in it.
✍🏼Caption written by:
Simply Sacred Birth on Facebook 💖
