A midwife's view of the history of modern breastfeeding practices.
The author finds that three things make breastfeeding successful: the mother's desire; correct positioning of the baby; and the baby's control of time at the breast. Restrictions of feeding time originated early in this century. Combined with descriptions of babies sucking from the nipple instead of the breast, misinformation has spread about breastfeeding in spite of correct knowledge being available. A review of textbooks and articles should be undertaken.
Fisher
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D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans