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Breastfeeding

Spiritual Birth posts about breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding: A Learnt Mammalian Behaviour

Bottlefeeding A Twin Lamb after Failed Attachment to the Mother

This is just a quick post to fill in the gap between our First Kwazulunatal (KZN) Birth and the Twin Birth Story , which I am busy composing. The day after I arrived on the farm after attending the birth of the twins in Cape Town, twin lambs were born to the pet mother sheep [...]

Breastfeeding: The Bigger Picture

The significance of breastfeeding reaches far beyond its biological function; in fact there is nothing ‘natural’ about breastfeeding itself. On the contrary, attitudes and practices appear to be socially determined, and breastfeeding has to be seen as an essential element in the cultural construction of sexually defined gender roles.