When Custody Battles Make Breastfeeding Nearly Impossible

When Custody Battles Make Breastfeeding Nearly Impossible
Julia Wheeler and Veronika Laws via Getty Images

When Lynn D. first discovered she was pregnant, she just assumed she would most likely breastfeed her new baby but hadn’t thought too much about it.

It was only after her son, Brian, was born that she realized how beneficial and important breastfeeding could be for him. It was also then that her relationship with Brian’s father fell apart and she found herself in an all-too-familiar situation for nursing moms in a custody battle: She realized how much she would have to fight to continue breastfeeding.

Popular in the Community

Close

HuffPost Shopping’s Best Finds

MORE IN LIFE