Why are people upset about breastfeeding versus bottle-feeding?
People are so upset. You read these baby books and they tell you, “You don’t bottle-feed. It’s something you just don’t do anymore. Women across the centuries across the millennia have been feeding people with their boobs! You should be able to do it! You should sacrifice everything that you are to do this for your child, don’t you understand?” That’s seriously what they say. There is a cult of people out there who dedicate their lives to making sure the creed of breastfeeding is out there. Yes, it is very healthy for your child. Yes, it’s a bonding experience between you and your child. Yes, it helps you lose the baby weight. But it’s also very, very difficult for a lot of women. It makes me angry that women are made to feel guilty if they can’t do it. You suffered from terrible postpartum depression. What was that like? It was this constant state of panic, of me thinking that the world was going to end and I was going to die homeless and naked on the street. I suffer from depression,
