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“Great post!! No one should feel ashamed or guilty or degraded for not being able to breastfeed or for not wanting to breastfeed. It’s personal. You will bond with your baby either way,” an Instagram user said. “Well said… breastfeeding is difficult! I hate the stigma on both accounts,” another person said.
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However, there was one interesting comment that showed the other side of the “breast is best” practice. “I work as a nurse in women’s services,” the comment read. “Over the past ten years, [there] has been a huge push within hospitals to get everyone breastfeeding. The concept is great, but it is not reality. I have said this for awhile that we are setting up moms to have a lot more postpartum depression issues.”
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