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Breastfeeding Around the World
Breastfeeding's Popularity Varies From Place to Place
By Teri Brown
"The problem is that, with the industrial era, a lot of moms have preferred bottle-feeding in order to get back to work easily," she says. "Now the doctors are used to it, and they are not trained in breastfeeding. You get a lot of, 'Your milk is too poor. You don't have enough milk for your baby' or 'You should complement breastfeeding with bottles.'"
Bujon recalls going to a restaurant with a friend visiting from Scandinavia. The woman began breastfeeding her baby in the restaurant, and Bujon remembers how the atmosphere in the restaurant became very strange and quiet. "Usually, a lot of French mothers go in another room to breastfeed, as if it was something very intimate," she says.
Support organizations like the La Leche League exist, but according to Bujon, few people know about them. "If you get a good pregnancy course, you'll have the nice midwife who will tell you breastfeeding is nice and just a technique to get used to," she says. "I think medical people at the hospital should be trained in breastfeeding support. In a hospital, you can get three different pieces of advice in one day!"
Though breastfeeding is again on the upswing after years of being out of favor with popular culture, attitudes still take time to change. On the positive side, they are changing, and you can be a part of that revolution by continuing to breastfeed – wherever you are.
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