A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three. — Grantly Dick-Read
Breastfeeding has been one of the best experiences of my life. I love it! I can't stop! I think I'm going to breastfeed him until he goes to college! I'm hooked! — Shakira
A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature. — David Suzuki
Breastfeeding should not be taboo - and bottle feeding should not be judged - it's ALL fun for the whole family. — Jaime King
Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind. — Mike Harding
Breastfeeding is the best diet. I want to eat healthy for her, so it's easy to say no to pizza. — Nancy O'Dell
Mother's milk, time-tested for millions of years, is the best nutrient for babies because it is nature's perfect food. — Robert S. Mendelsohn
Breastfeeding is an unsentimental metaphor for how love works, in a way. You don’t decide how much and how deeply to love - you respond to the beloved, and give with joy exactly as much as they want. — Marni Jackson
Mammary militia breast feeding en masse in Costa. Puts one off their latte. — Sayings
For me, breast is best is less a reference to nutrition and more about oral and facial development and optimal airway growth. — Mark Burhenne
There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it. — Irena Chalmers
My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard — David Allen
Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine. — Frank Oski
Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them from the heart, and so to speak, every inch of them. — Plutarch
Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers. — Barbara Katz Rothman
Short Breastfeeding Quotes
There must be reasons why we men are so hipped on breasts as if we'd all been weaned too soon. — Gunter Grass
I breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans. — Alanis Morissette
Breastfeeding is the very best diet I've been on. — Rebecca Romijn
They do say breastfeeding is nature’s lipo. — Sayings
Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision. — Joe Orton
I've been breastfeeding for two years. I could light the gas ring with my nipples. — Jo Brand
Children don't just get milk from breastfeeding, they get our energy too. — Stephen Gaskin
I would definitely make eggs for the rest of my life if I could. — John Hodgman
As a breastfeeding mother you are basically just meals on heels. — Kathy Lette
Something as simple as better breastfeeding could save a million children a year. — Anne M. Mulcahy
Mother Breastfeeding Quotes
The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional gratification, the feeling of strength, the composure, and the sense of fulfillment that comes with the handling and suckling of the baby. — Ashley Montagu
In modern consumer society, the attack on mother-child eroticism took its total form; breastfeeding was proscribed and the breasts reserved for the husband's fetishistic delectation. At the same time, babies were segregated, put into cold beds alone and not picked up if they cried. — Germaine Greer
A little child born yesterday
A thing on mother's milk and kisses fed. — Homer
When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women? — Anna Quindlen
The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible for billions of sighs of satisfaction. — Margaret Visser
Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and traveling to the clinic take time, and research shows that health care is one of the first tradeoffs women make when they're too busy. — Melinda Gates
Breast Cancer Quotes
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram. — Larry Craig
I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups. — Erika Slezak
An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40. — Matthew Lesko
One day, right after my mastectomy, I went for a walk in Central Park, and there was this mob of people blocking the road. I thought, 'Oh, great, now I'm stuck!' but then I suddenly realized that it was a breast cancer walk. — Hoda Kotb
When life kicks you, let it kick you forward. — Kay Yow
The day I found out, the day I got my mammogram and the doctor told me I had breast cancer, it was mid-November. — Victoria Gotti
My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30. — Kate Walsh
Cancer is really a slew of rare diseases. Lung cancer has 700 sub-types, breast cancer has 30,000 mutations which means that every cancer in its own right is a rare disease. Sharing data globally in this context is really important from a life-threatening perspective. — Patrick Soon-Shiong
Pamela Anderson Lee released a statement confirming that she has had her breast implants removed. Doctors say that Pamela is doing fine and that her old implants are now dating Charlie Sheen. — Conan O'Brien
I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business. — Tyra Banks
Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest. — Kate Winslet
Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all. — Natalie Portman
And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier. — Tom Coburn
Every time I undress in the locker room of my gym, I see women bearing the scars of liposuction, tummy tucks, breast implants. — Martha C. Nussbaum
Acting is about being real, being honest. — Kate Winslet
I have had breast implants, but it's so funny 'cause it's not a secret; I could care less. — Kourtney Kardashian
For the first time ever, women are scoring higher than men on IQ tests. Scientists say it has something to do with breast implants -- not that it makes the women smarter, it just makes the men dumber. — Jay Leno
The natural power of breastfeeding is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It is about real love. It is about caring and celebrating the wondrous joy of nurturing a new life. It is about enjoying being a woman. — Anwar Fazal
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast. — Joyce Kilmer
"My only problem with women breastfeeding in public is they never wink back." It's kind of the perfect joke because it's a bait and switch. — Gavin McInnes
They who on meare curiositie (where no urgent necessitie requireth) try whether their children may not as birds be nourished without sucking, offend contrary to this dutie of breast feeding and reflect that meanes which God hath ordained as best; and so oppose their shallow wits to his unsearchable wisdom. — William Gouge
Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy. — Robert A. Heinlein
What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties! — Henry David Thoreau
How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle? — Katherine Mansfield
It’s an amazing bond with your child. Some cultures do it up to five years, normally. I thought, 'Well, I’ll just do it as long as it feels right for my son.' — Kelly Rutherford
When you're breastfeeding a child, you don't have the same retention as you do when you're not. — Vera Farmiga
Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms. — Friedrich Schiller
My attitude is, if someone sees a little somethin' somethin', don't look if you don't like it. — Kourtney Kardashian
MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. — Ambrose Bierce
A dangerous fire retardant chemical is being found in women's breast milk. My wife's breastfeeding, but you know, you gotta be an optimist. I'm like, well, maybe it's making my child fireproof. — Greg Giraldo
A woman's life isn't worth a plateful of cabbage if she hasn't felt life stir under her heart. Taking a little one to nurse, watching him grow to manhood, that's what love is. — Carol Shields
I had four C-sections and my stomach looked like the map of the world. My breasts were hanging down to here from breastfeeding those babies, and my nipples were like platters. I wanted to fit into the gowns that I finally got to wear. — Patricia Heaton
When you're breastfeeding, you don't get juicy down there. The juice isn't loose. — Kourtney Kardashian
An innocent little human being was solely dependent on me! I took all the CPR and breastfeeding classes and learned quite a bit. — Tichina Arnold
I lost most of my weight from breastfeeding and I encourage women to do it; It's just so good for the baby and good for yourself. — Beyonce Knowles
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