Indian Parents in USA - IV

In India, both mom and the baby are not allowed to go out for the first couple of months. Mostly because elders in the house think that since the baby is too small, pollution may cause problems. So since the baby cannot go out mom is also struck with the baby. She cannot afford to leave the baby and go out for a long time because she is breast feeding. In US, I have seen couples going on vacations with days old babies. Ok, I agree that since there is not much pollution in US, it is OK to take the babies for some outing but still it is little dangerous. Their immune systems have not yet fully developed to handle some tough health problems. Breast feeding has always been a problem for moms. It's an incredible feeling which is hard to describe in words. Every mother wants to do it but it is some thing which needs privacy. I don't think any woman wants to do it in front of other people or if she feels someone is watching her. It is very very uncomfortable.Yes, many painters and sculpters have done magnificient art pieces showing a mother breast feeding a baby in a form of showing motherly love but still in practicle world it is not easy for a mother to do that in public. Why, if you have another elder kid, say for example 5 yr old in the household, you can still not breast feed your baby in front of your kid because kids ask so many difficult questions, I don't think which are in any way easy to answer. Where as in US, there are many products available which makes a mom's life easy like breast pumps. After you pump the milk, it can be easily stored and given to the bay when ever needed so that you have the freedom of doing other things. Mind you these are available in India too but not many want to try them and more over everybody will say, oh what great work she has to do other than attending to her baby?

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