Infant feeding is a deeply personal decision shaped by biology, mental health, work realities, cultural context, relationship dynamics, and lived experience. No two situations are the same.
When we treat breastfeeding as the only acceptable outcome rather than one well-supported option among several, we stop practicing patient-centered care. We start practicing a kind of soft coercion dressed up in clinical language, and the people on the receiving end know the difference, even when they can’t name it.