Is ‘Chestfeeding' A Step Too Far?
WOMAN'S OWN|March 16, 2021
With midwives now being asked to use a new term instead of ‘breastfeeding’, in order to be more inclusive, we ask...
Frances Leate
Is ‘Chestfeeding' A Step Too Far?

No

‘It’s a simple thing, but it could mean a lot’

Katie Beardsworth, 35, lives in Newcastle with her husband, 38, and son, Sam, aged four.

When I read that Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust had decided to adopt the term chestfeeding, instead of breastfeeding, I thought it was the right thing to do.

I was part of a support group called ‘Breast buddies’ and when the organiser changed the name to ‘Human milk buddies’, I thought it better represented everyone involved in feeding a child, whether they were male, female or transgender.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 16, 2021 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 16, 2021 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.