For anyone who knows me they know I am passionate about breastfeeding. I believe that every woman should be supported, have the access to the resources that she may need to help her achieve and reach her breastfeeding goals. I hate that ones passion can sometimes be taken as mom shaming I want each and every person to know that parenting is damn hard work and we all strive to give our babies and children the very best with the knowledge and tools we have. I support parents rights to knowledge and making the decisions that are best for them and their family be that exclusive breastfeeding, exclusive pumping, combination feeding, donor milk feeding or formula feeding. What I find important is that they had the knowledge and support to choose what they wanted. So please do not take my excitement and joy of how amazing I find breastfeeding and breastmilk and take that to think I am shaming you in any way for your choices because I am not I promise you. Every year from August 1st to 7th is World Breastfeeding Week. In a world filled with inequality, crises and poverty, breastfeeding is the foundation of lifelong good health for babies and mothers. This is a great time to help share the benefits of breastfeeding, share our struggles and our successes as breastfeeding mothers.
An exciting thing happened just in time for World Breastfeeding Week IN 2018 IT’S LEGAL TO BREASTFEED IN PUBLIC IN ALL 50 STATES finally, Idaho and Utah recently passed legislation, making breastfeeding in public legal in all 50 states. This is not to say that us breastfeeding women will not still encounter those opposed to breastfeeding in public but we now all have the law backing our right to feed our babies while in public shocking it has taken so long.
I will be attending my local Big Latch On if you visit their website you can see if they have an event near you and then you can attend one also. The Global Big Latch On takes place at a registered locations around the world, where people gather together to breastfeed and offer peer support to each other. Their friends, family and community join this celebration to promote and support breastfeeding. Volunteers from within the community host each location, hosting a Global Big Latch On creates a lasting support network for the community. Having community and support when you are a breastfeeding mother is so important as it can help you to solve issues you may be having and have other who have been there help offer advice or at least commiserate with you.
Beautiful Mess Mama 