Still on this subject, I've heard one or two comments on breastfeeding through a dark connotation. Not directed at me in particular but in general the mothers who breastfeed for longer than "normal" (ie, come on, 12 months): the woman is that this creates "dependency" because "is pleased to breastfeed" (and this "pleasure" is usually accompanied by a tone of voice claim). Now he wanted to leave some things clear:
1) the time of lactation is not provided (or should be). The WHO recommends that breastfeeding takes place at least during the first 24 months of the child, not fixing the ceiling. Studies have shown, for behavioral analysis of other mammals and anthropological studies and physiological age of weaning can occur between 2 and 12 years, during which the milk never fails to have some benefit for the child, as well as the act of breastfeeding for the mother. Anyway it is always better that weaning occurs naturally than be creating feelings of disgust and shame in children.
2) Breastfeeding does not create a dependency. The course dependent CHILDREN and their parents. And that is universal that the child is usually more dependent on the mother's father. If you are given space and time for her to decide when it wants more "dependency" (a nurse), she will feel safer in the mother-child and have more confidence in themselves.
3) The pleasure in breastfeeding: yes, I'm happy to nurse my daughter. It is no sin or obscene. It is a physiological act and although I have no feeling in the breasts (never had, even before pregnancy), suckle gives me pleasure because it is a moment between me and my daughter, of warmth, of complicity in that smell your hair and cuddle in my arms. If there are women who happen to feel something more during breastfeeding, as Dr. Carlos Gonzalez, "them happy";)
There is a group on FB which was created and is being spurred on by Doula entitled Sofia Carvalho "Breastfeeding with natural weaning." I wanted to leave here my thanks to Sofia because it is a subject that often is not much talked about and around which there are still many myths and prejudices and it has contributed to the dissemination of scientific articles, support groups and testimonials real addressing this topic.
And all the mothers who breastfed and had the strength to follow your instinct despite the words of others, a big hug:)
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