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While I agree that maternity leave laws are quite problematic for many women in the US it should also be mentioned that not every mother is able to breast feed
by DominikR 12y ago
While I agree that maternity leave laws are quite problematic for many women in the US it should also be mentioned that not every mother is able to breast feed their child.
It's actually not that uncommon and in most cases these women are otherwise perfectly healthy and really want to breast feed.
Many non-physiological factors play a role here. For example how much pressure does the mother feel or put on herself. (typically with the first child because it's a new experience) How much stress does she have and so on.
- slowmovintarget 12y agoThere are also factors where the baby is unable to develop proper latching and sucking technique. My daughter had a tongue-tie, which, while corrected on her second day out, left her with the wrong muscle impulses for nursing. We had to bottle feed her, and eventually the pumping wasn't enough to continue the supply, or allow the supply to fully "come in".