Have you heard about all the controversy surrounding several incidents in the past month toward Mothers nursing their babies in courthouses around the country? You can read about the MI woman here and the DC Mother here.
First off, I'm a nursing Mother! I take pride in the fact that I am able to produce a ever flowing production of milk that my baby eats to grow on a daily basis! It simply amazes me that I am the reason that she is gaining weight every. single. day!
Now, I am not that Momma that whips out the goods in public. I am very discrete and often times you'll find me just feeding her a bottle because I'm too shy to nurse in public. However, there have been times that I just simply needed to nurse to calm the crabby patty down {like in Longhorn!}. Granted I was on the "inside" of the booth and also put a blanket over us. I don't think anyone noticed and it got her to calm down.
In my state of Ohio, if I am discriminated against because I am breastfeeding it's considered sexual discrimination. I love Virginia's law that a breastfeeding Mother is protected when breastfeeding on state owned property!
Listen here America, breastfeeding Mothers are saving YOU money! By us breastfeeding our infants it saves the government money by not being on WIC to purchase formula. It's silly to me that society doesn't support Mothers who are nursing their children, but, yet when we offer formula they ask why we aren't breastfeeding.
So what is it? Would you rather a Mother nurse her children or feed the cuteness formula?
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