Mother of 3 girls. IBCLC. Feminist. she / her
An advocate for breastfeeding and plant based living to reduce health inequality and climate change.
@milkymedics
May 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
We need to end the narrative that breastfeeding depletes mothers.
Breastfeeding reduces post partum haemorrhage, postnatal depression, heart attacks, strokes, dementia, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and autoimmune disease. It's a sound investment and one most families want.
Instead we should focus attention on the midwifery crisis, overstretched GPs and health visitors, the determinants of birth trauma, gender based violence, a paternalistic medical culture, a lack of fully funded maternity leave, health and social inequality, systemic racism,