Midwives have been told to say “chestfeeding” instead of “breastfeeding” and to replace the term “mother” with “mother or birthing parent” as part of moves to be more trans-friendlyhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/breastfeeding-is-now-chestfeeding-brightons-trans-friendly-midwives-are-told-pwlvmcnc7?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1612890631 …
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Did you ever want children or were you informed you wouldn’t be able to breastfeed prior to double mastectomy surgery? Or were you so dysphoric you wanted complete separation from female reproduction functions?
It was a little of both: I've never wanted children, and I wanted rid of my female reproductive organs to ease my dysphoria. The clinic offered to freeze my eggs in the event HRT made me infertile, but breastfeeding post-mastectomy was never discussed.
