For many women, breastfeeding comes with a challenge. The combination of severe sleep deprivation, unstable hormones, and inexperience, can leave the most confident woman, feeling uncertain about her ability to nuture and feed her baby. It is in these moments of uncertainty (and tears) that women rely on a variety…

For many non-white women, particularly Black (African-American) women, the idea of breastfeeding is intersected with commodification and sexualization of the black body, a painful history and epic memory extending back into enslavement, and minimal examples of success and support. The most recent report by the CDC (2013) [http://http://www.…