Your snark aside, I'm very well aware of its benefits — our healthy son, now 16, is a prime example. He was breast-fed for two years. When his mom returned to work, she used a breast pump and stored bottles of milk. Guess who was in charge of cleaning the pump and the bottles?
And where is my wife at this very moment? Scouring store shel…
Your snark aside, I'm very well aware of its benefits — our healthy son, now 16, is a prime example. He was breast-fed for two years. When his mom returned to work, she used a breast pump and stored bottles of milk. Guess who was in charge of cleaning the pump and the bottles?
And where is my wife at this very moment? Scouring store shelves for baby formula to help her very distraught coworker, who can't breastfeed and whose infant has allergies to certain formula.
Have her look for goat’s milk instead. May be even buy directly from a goat farm. It will contain all of the nutrients a baby needs. A female goat has two teats and produces colostrum just like women.
I maintain this stance as do many women. We cast a wary eye when men have opinions on our bodies. And I promise you that helping is not the same. The intense and immense biological changes that occur when a woman conceives are impossible to imagine for any man.
Did I say it was the same? Don't be absurd. As a member of a family that had a baby (despite some major challenges) and helped in many ways, can I voice an opinion? Of course. And when did I express an opinion on women's bodies in this discussion?
One thing to mention here. Some of us have been fighting for women's' rights for literally decades. This includes the societal issues around breastfeeding. At this point we are exhausted, deeply upset and fearful for women's futures in this Country. Any rhetoric is most likely to be loaded with emotion. We are bereft and are in a grief process. I personally vacillate between rage and tears on a daily basis. So please accept my sincere apologies for any snark.
Your snark aside, I'm very well aware of its benefits — our healthy son, now 16, is a prime example. He was breast-fed for two years. When his mom returned to work, she used a breast pump and stored bottles of milk. Guess who was in charge of cleaning the pump and the bottles?
And where is my wife at this very moment? Scouring store shelves for baby formula to help her very distraught coworker, who can't breastfeed and whose infant has allergies to certain formula.
Have her look for goat’s milk instead. May be even buy directly from a goat farm. It will contain all of the nutrients a baby needs. A female goat has two teats and produces colostrum just like women.
I maintain this stance as do many women. We cast a wary eye when men have opinions on our bodies. And I promise you that helping is not the same. The intense and immense biological changes that occur when a woman conceives are impossible to imagine for any man.
Did I say it was the same? Don't be absurd. As a member of a family that had a baby (despite some major challenges) and helped in many ways, can I voice an opinion? Of course. And when did I express an opinion on women's bodies in this discussion?
One thing to mention here. Some of us have been fighting for women's' rights for literally decades. This includes the societal issues around breastfeeding. At this point we are exhausted, deeply upset and fearful for women's futures in this Country. Any rhetoric is most likely to be loaded with emotion. We are bereft and are in a grief process. I personally vacillate between rage and tears on a daily basis. So please accept my sincere apologies for any snark.