I am one of those Leaders asked to resign my position for saying that I wouldn't help men breastfeed. I was a Leader for 21 years. When Leaders questioned the "milk" a man would produce we were told we should never question a woman's milk.
Terri, I just discovered this substack so I am super late. Thanks for standing up for the truth. Men breasfeeding is something from a horror movie. I am curios, if a woman is a drug addict you are not to question her milk either?
It appears that the Board is not operating under good faith. I must ask myself, “Why would they shortchange mothers and babies?” Is it for status alone, or is this just the latest iteration of Big Formula reaching its long tentacles back into breastfeeding? And what better way than to create a false “civil rights” movement for those who chose to promote gender ideology, taking away our words, our voices-our ability to protect our babies. The gender warriors on the board need to resign immediately.
No, La Leche League Leaders have references on drugs and cam give mothers this information. Leaders never say that someone should or shouldn't take something because they are not qualified to give medical advice. But we could use the book Medications and Mother's Milk to tell a mom what is said about the medication and whether it is considered safe. Another thing we did mention with drug use is that you might not want to be impaired while you are taking care of a little baby. So you could get a straight answer about drug use but we were NOT to question any man who wanted to breastfeed "as a woman" because he just IS a woman.Makes no sense.
I am one of those Leaders asked to resign my position for saying that I wouldn't help men breastfeed. I was a Leader for 21 years. When Leaders questioned the "milk" a man would produce we were told we should never question a woman's milk.
Terri, I just discovered this substack so I am super late. Thanks for standing up for the truth. Men breasfeeding is something from a horror movie. I am curios, if a woman is a drug addict you are not to question her milk either?
It appears that the Board is not operating under good faith. I must ask myself, “Why would they shortchange mothers and babies?” Is it for status alone, or is this just the latest iteration of Big Formula reaching its long tentacles back into breastfeeding? And what better way than to create a false “civil rights” movement for those who chose to promote gender ideology, taking away our words, our voices-our ability to protect our babies. The gender warriors on the board need to resign immediately.
You are so right--yours is a voice of reason in the midst of a new Dark Ages. Thank you for this substack!
No, La Leche League Leaders have references on drugs and cam give mothers this information. Leaders never say that someone should or shouldn't take something because they are not qualified to give medical advice. But we could use the book Medications and Mother's Milk to tell a mom what is said about the medication and whether it is considered safe. Another thing we did mention with drug use is that you might not want to be impaired while you are taking care of a little baby. So you could get a straight answer about drug use but we were NOT to question any man who wanted to breastfeed "as a woman" because he just IS a woman.Makes no sense.
This describes my experience perfectly. Thank you.
If I read this 10 years ago, I would have thought it is the Onion article. WTF is going on?