Breastfeeding Quotes

Sometimes we all need that added boost of inspiration and motivation, especially when it comes to breastfeeding.

When I want to feel inspired I love to read quotes and sayings. They are simple, to the point, and what’s better only a sentence or two long.

I have put together a small collection of quotes and sayings about breastfeeding. May you find all the inspiration you are searching for.

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

Grantly Dick-Read

While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby.

Amy Spangler

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

David Allen

Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.

Robert A. Heinlein

A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature.

David Suzuki


When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women.

Christine Northrup


It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

Honore de Balzac


Breastfeeding is nature's health plan.

Author Unknown

Thinking that baby formula is as good as breast milk believes that thirty years of technology is superior to three million years of nature's evolution

Christine Northrup

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

Alanis Morissette


Breastfeeding is a mother's gift to herself, her baby and the earth.

Pamela K. Wiggins

Countless women have regained trust in their bodies through nursing their children, even if they weren't sure at first that they could do it. It is an act of female power, and I think of it as feminism in its purest form

Christine Northrup



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