African American Women and Breastfeeding

[Turquesa]

Excellent commentary!

[KristyDi]

Loved it!

This was my favorite part.

Want a healthy baby? Put the Baby Einstein videos and hand sanitizer away and breastfeed. All the mammals are doing it.

[waiting2bemommy]

Very nice. I wish,though that she had specifically mentioned the need for more support for lower-income black moms. It'sgreat that she pumped during conference calls, but, atleast where I'n from, most of the black women around here donot have "conference-call" type jobs. They work hard toprovide for their kids, but it may be at a grocery store, as a CNA ata nursing home, that type of thing. I think just as much as the lack of knowledge, many women feel "why bother?" because they know they'll receive little to no support in a community where the culture is you do what you have to to put food on the table, and thingslike pumping atwork or bf'ing in general are deemed "luxuries". I would like to see thataddressed. It makes me so sad and angry that so many hardworking mamas face such a lack of respect & support just because they don't have "high-falutin,'" as my mom would say, jobs.