While some authors fear that the genesis in 1985 of the
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) profession
– many of whose members today are midwives – has led to
the medicalisation of breast feeding (Thompson et al., 2011;
Barclay et al., 2012), other authors have demonstrated that
medicalisation of this natural, embodied health behaviour existed
decades before the first IBCLCs were credentialed in 1985. Indeed,
the nineteenth-century French physician, Alfred Donné, author of
a best-selling handbook for mothers in the 1840s, was an early
proponent of the medicalisation of breast feeding (La Berge, 1991).
He asserted that even the baby's own mother should never assume
that she would breast feed and should only do so if her medical
attendant gave his permission. Dykes has discussed the industrial,
reductionist approach to birthing and breast feeding in British
While some authors fear that the genesis in 1985 of theInternational Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) profession– many of whose members today are midwives – has led tothe medicalisation of breast feeding (Thompson et al., 2011;Barclay et al., 2012), other authors have demonstrated thatmedicalisation of this natural, embodied health behaviour existeddecades before the first IBCLCs were credentialed in 1985. Indeed,the nineteenth-century French physician, Alfred Donné, author ofa best-selling handbook for mothers in the 1840s, was an earlyproponent of the medicalisation of breast feeding (La Berge, 1991).He asserted that even the baby's own mother should never assumethat she would breast feed and should only do so if her medicalattendant gave his permission. Dykes has discussed the industrial,reductionist approach to birthing and breast feeding in British
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