Breastfeeding is a human right for every mother and every child who comes into this world.

Yet, nine out of ten mothers in Greece start breastfeeding their baby only to abandon the effort prematurely in the following weeks after birth, systematically facing dozens of obstacles to breastfeeding, with inadequate support and undermining.

This book aims to empower Greek women who are forced by bottle-feeding culture not to follow their desire - to breastfeed their child. The current system deprives the majority of women who want to breastfeed of the freedom of choice. These mothers urgently need arguments and scientific data to be able to refute comments that oppose breastfeeding, contrary practices, pressures, and baseless beliefs that undermine their efforts on a daily basis.

Furthermore, this book aims to help disseminate the amazing truths that have been revealed about maternal breastfeeding in recent years through scientific research from around the world. It also addresses the immediate environment of new parents and health professionals who come into contact with young children and mothers. Finally, it interests governmental and social bodies, as it proves that increasing the rates of breastfeeding is in the interest - health, economic, ecological, social - of all.

"In the not-so-distant future, I can imagine the day when all the confusion, misconceptions, and perceptions about breastfeeding in the general public will have disappeared, as a result of two or three successive generations of women who successfully and exclusively breastfed their children. I can imagine the day when all Greek women will be encouraged to start breastfeeding and be free to breastfeed their child, without imposed obstacles, for as long as they want and can."

S.P.