Natural Family Planning International

A theology professor and friend told me that some students were bringing their breastfed babies to school!   However, the mothers are not allowed to bring their babies to class.  When the mother is in class, someone else takes care of her baby.   The mother is allowed to breastfeed her baby in the student lounge.   

The following is a detailed explanation of how one mother breastfed her baby while going to school.
       “I was given a copy of [your NFP manual] as a Christmas gift a few years ago at the Catholic school where I was working part-time.  What an awesome gift!  I was so glad that the information on ecological breastfeeding was included in my edition, because I was two months pregnant when I was given the book.  I feel that the sheer volume of conflicting information on infant care can be dizzying for a first-time mother.  However, I feel like the information on eco-breastfeeding gave me some bearings in the direction of God’s plan for mothering and child spacing.  And that’s the best thing I could ask for!  I love breastfeeding, have had great success with it, and the only person who loves it more than me is my ten-month-old son.
       I suspect that without the guidelines, I would have likely done pumping and bottlefeeding–since I was a student full-time, near graduating, the first six months of his life!  I would have pumped, left him with a sitter, and picked him up later.  Because of what you wrote, I only used ONE bottle that entire six months!  I took him to the university WITH me, spaced my classes with an hour break between each hour-long class, and had the sitter keep him in the foyer outside.  If he cried, I left class to nurse him, and I nursed him to sleep between each class.  It was hard, Mrs. kippley, but because of the challenge you set for me, I never had to leave him, and our nursing relationship made our bond even stronger.  The mutual need and love for each other…I don’t know how to describe it; it was very beautiful.  I will treasure those memories forever.”

Sheila Kippley
The Seven standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor

The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding informs women about a form of baby spacing that:

       • is unknown to most women and their husbands

       • provides extended natural infertility

       • is as “green” as it gets

       • is healthiest for both mother and baby

       • appeals to women of faith and secularity

       • spaces babies about two years apart, on the average.

For more information on the baby spacing effect of breastfeeding, read The Seven standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor.
 
       • This book explains the maternal behaviors associated with breastfeeding infertility.

       • This book addresses those who say “It doesn’t work as a baby spacer.”