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Breastfeeding C lassifieds / B ids
c o n tin u e d
ro m F r o n t
something ‘extra’ you can
do, but not n ecessary ,”
Sasseen added.
Black wom en are also
confronted by bleak images
of women who breastfeed.
African American women
are not shown in television
and movies speaking openly
about and breastfeeding
their babies.
A ccording to Rose
Pickett, community health
nurse for the Healthy Birth
Initiative, many of these
women are discouraged not
only by society but family
as well.
M o th e rs so m e tim e s
misinform their daughters
that b rea stfe e d in g w ill
hurt. G randm others and
aunts may want to hold
and feed the baby, so they
guilt the mother into bottle
fee d in g . B lack w om en
tend to feel uncomfortable
with their bodies and view
breastfeeding as inappro­
priate. The men in their
lives are also uncomfort­
able, or experience feel­
ings of jealousy.
“If the baby’s father is
supportive of breastfeeding,
the mother is likely to do so
and c o n tin u e ,” Sasseen
added.
In te restin g ly , b re a s t­
feeding was once common
among low-income fami­
lies. Years ago, wealthy
families sometimes had wet
nurses who breast fed their
babies for them.
When infant nutritional
formula came out it in the
late 1800s it instantly be­
came a status symbol: a
luxury item only the well-
to-do could afford.
Although the benefits of
breast feeding have be­
come better known, and
afflu en t and educated
m others are now more
likely to breastfeed their
babies, the use of formula
is still prevalent.
The national WIC pro­
gram spends over $1 bil­
lion on infant formula, the
largest food cost within
the program, according to
2005 fig u re s from the
U.S. Department of Agri­
culture.
In Oregon, 13 percent of
mothers supplement breast
milk with formula within the
first two days of a child’s
life.
So what can be done to
encourage black women to
breastfeed?
“African American com­
munities lack role models,”
Sasseen said. “Knowing
your sister, or mother did it
gives you the feeling you
can do it too.”
Shafia Monroe, president
and chief executive officer
of the International Center
for Traditional Childbearing,
agrees wholeheartedly.
“Give them more figures
who breastfed like Eryka
Badu, Lauren Hill, and Jada
Pinkett-Smith,” said Mon­
roe. “ B reastfeed in g is
G od’s gift, and a child’s
right!”
O llison, who was not
breastfed herself, said she
d id n ’t know any other
b rea stfe e d in g m others
when she entered mother­
hood, but she did have a
m entor who encouraged
her to breastfeed.
“I think it gives them a
b e tte r
start,
th e y ’re
healthier and more alert,”
said Ollison of why she de­
cided to breastfeed. “It was
just more beneficial, a bet­
ter decision for me.”
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
FOR HOLLYWOOD EAST APARTMENT UPGRADES
Proposals are requested from qualified professional team s
for the provision of design services for the Hollywood East
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C ounty's W eatherization Program , and it has applied for a
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im provem ents to m aintain building pressurization after
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