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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 328774" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Marg, I suspect the US is less "kind" to working mothers than in Australia. Women here often don't get breaks to pump milk and if they do, they are very often expected to do so while sitting on the toilet in an employee rest room.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't that long ago that only "lower class" women nursed their babies. Upper class women fed formula.</p><p></p><p>I know that even in 1960 when I was born, nursing was not the norm. My mother nursed us because she couldn't afford to buy formula, not necessarily because it was seen as healthier.</p><p></p><p>Certainly back then she had to go and basically hide somewhere to feed us. Nursing a child, even with everything covered up with a shawl or blanket was considered to be obscene. It simply was not done in public in the US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 328774, member: 1963"] Marg, I suspect the US is less "kind" to working mothers than in Australia. Women here often don't get breaks to pump milk and if they do, they are very often expected to do so while sitting on the toilet in an employee rest room. It wasn't that long ago that only "lower class" women nursed their babies. Upper class women fed formula. I know that even in 1960 when I was born, nursing was not the norm. My mother nursed us because she couldn't afford to buy formula, not necessarily because it was seen as healthier. Certainly back then she had to go and basically hide somewhere to feed us. Nursing a child, even with everything covered up with a shawl or blanket was considered to be obscene. It simply was not done in public in the US. [/QUOTE]
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