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Breastfeeding Pressure: Guilt or Freedom?
Breastfeeding: Guilt or Freedom?
The article explores a personal and often taboo subject: the pressure surrounding breastfeeding. While this is a natural process, it remains complex, painful, and frustrating for many mothers. Beneath the warm encouragement sometimes lies guilt-inducing injunctions.
A personal choice that has become a source of pressure
New mothers face constant judgment: whether they breastfeed or not, for a long time or a short time, in public or in private. Everything seems to have to be justified. This silent pressure fuels what's called "mom guilt," a guilt that creeps in from the very first choices.
Empowering Mothers
Breastfeeding should never be a moral duty. It is neither a test of love nor a criterion of maternal competence. What matters is that the mother is well, that she feels supported and respected in her choices.
Milky Hour: Support without judgment
Milky Hour advocates gentle, free, and guilt-free support. Every story is legitimate, whether it involves breastfeeding, bottle feeding, pumping, or stopping. The key is to empower women to do what's right for them and their babies.