National Breastfeeding Awareness Week runs from the 24th to 30th June 2012 but its ironic that the NHS simply dont have the funds available to raise awareness, so in step the bloggers!

As new mums, we have it drilled into us that "breast is best" but what is best for mum when she is in a crowded place with disapproving glances. (I was always thankful for my discreet Mamascarf)  Now I am a huge breastfeeding advocate but I am also not the breastfeeding police either, its down to personal preference and individual choice. I have many friends who simply balk at the idea of breastfeeding, whilst others have fed their little ones through weaning and beyond, so I genuinely think that awareness needs to be raised within the community, rather than with new mums.

Many women dont reach their breastfeeding goals, some stopping earlier than they wanted to through pressure or peoples preconcieved ideas. Many mums need to return to work but they do not have flexible work options or suitable areas to breastfeed, which seems strange because breastfeeding is the oldest and most natural process known to man kind, so how has our evolution bypassed the most basic requirements for a working mother.

So what do you think? Surely a baby has every right to "feed" in a restaurant as a child or an adult, rather than shunted into a toilet? Or would that put you off your dinner????

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