Qualitative research with fathers of breastfed infants report their desire to experience feeding, with feeding being seen as a positive connection with the baby [ 19, 20, 35].
The use of Spirulina was briefly reviewed along with that of other edible microalgae by Kay [ 42], who cited Ciferri [ 209] in stating that some "negative effects" of Spirulina feeding were seen in multigenerational studies and mutagenicity tests.
Problems with insufficient milk supply and supplementary feeding were seen as forgotten subjects on the postpartum wards of today.
Socioeconomic differences in reproductive behaviour, including differences in parity, age at first birth, childlessness, and the duration of breast feeding, are seen in almost all settings internationally [ 12].
Conversely women from communities where formula feeding is seen as the norm are more likely to view breastfeeding as difficult and potentially embarrassing [ 10, 11], and see the breast as a primarily sexual object [ 9].
"It was very funny to us that breast-feeding was seen as a hippie thing to do, when those of us who started it were staid middle-class ladies," Marian Tompson, one of the five surviving La Leche founders, told me.
Sitting through a breast feed was seen as important by both mothers and the feeding team to establish a trusting relationship for the ongoing telephone support at home.
In one segment of society, breast-feeding is seen as nearly ubiquitous — so ubiquitous that to do anything else, no matter the reason, is to court disapproval and even condemnation.
