History and culture of breastfeeding

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title: History and culture of breastfeeding
text: The history and culture of breastfeeding traces changing social, medical and legal attitudes to breastfeeding, the act of feeding a child breast milk directly from breast to mouth. Breastfeeding may be performed by the infant's mother or by a surrogate, typically called a wet nurse. In most societies, women nurse their own babies. Before the availability of infant formula, in those situations, unless a wet nurse was found promptly, the baby might die, and infant mortality rates were high. Wet nu
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original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_and_culture_of_breastfeeding
date created: 2007-04-27T03:03:09Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T11:53:25Z
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