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In the backlash against breastfeeding evangelism, we risk losing something true: some of the hardest parts of motherhood are ...

Editor’s note: Miriam Wasser’s daughter, River, nursed for the first time about 30 minutes after she was born. Like any new-mom/baby duo, breastfeeding took some practice, but it was mostly working.

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Both the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that infants exclusively breastfeed during their first six months of life, but only 24.9% in the United States do, ...