*The three women I know who BF, who made me inclined to BF myself - were the women who were incredibly laid back about it, and didn't see BF as anything special at all. They tried it, could do it, so did it. No fanfare...no climbing to the summit of Mount Breast and waving their fulsome mammary glands in smug jubilation.
They just did it.
However, there were the ones who created a Cult of Breast Feeding, and went on and on and on...till I began to suspect BF was the only thing they'd ever actually achieved in their lives, and my God were they going to hector you about it.
Interestingly they were also the ones who were supposedly constantly harrassed by other individuals for BF in public...and would give a word by word recount Of how they put the ignorant invidual in their place for daring to question their God given right to feed their child wheresoever they felt like.
Loons...the lot of 'em *
Sorry - had to quote the lot, because I think it's a fantastic post!
and, while I'm at it, completely spot on IMHO. I bf, still am and DD3 still is, and however much I believe in it, I essentially believe more in the woman's right to choose. I also happen to believe that Mums should have more support, but they don't get it sadly. That said, even though I quietly got on with the old feeding, I still managed to get labelled as pretty fanatical. shrugs. sometimes you can't dodge the judgement whichever side of the fence you're on.
And, just for info for a previous poster, ff was created to try and keep the babies who's mother's died in childbirth, alive. That was the beginning of formula.
YANBU OP. But this topic goes round in endless circles.