The mother’s ability to adapt her lifestyle to motherhood will depend on her emotional well-being, her physical recovery, her maturity and the support she receives from family and friends.  Women in the United States with unwanted pregnancies are less likely to intiate or continue breastfeeding in comparison with women who planned to have their babies.  Breastfeeding has many positive results besides feeding your baby however.  Breastfeeding has been proven to help prevent cancer, and also burns off some of the baby weight that may be left over from pregnancy.  Single mothers in the United States is something worth looking at.  In the US 34% of children born in 2002 were unmarried.  In these cases a woman may have sole responsibility of her baby because of a choce to remain single, separation or divorce, the death of a spouse or a situation that requires the baby’s father to be away…like the military.  She may live alone, with a partner, her family, or a roommate.  She may have multiple responsibilities like work, school, household chores, and parenting.  I can’t believe how many shows are on channels like MTV now addressing sixteen year olds having babies.  I don’t think it is ethically wrong to have a baby and be a young mother, but it astounds me that any young girl would make such a limiting decision.  There are so many different things to look forward to when you are young such as; college, travelling, freedom, relationships, dating, establishing your own goals.  I am still trying to figure out what to think about that Octopulet mom.  Jeez.  13 kids?  Now she is probably an excellent candidate for a lactation consultant.  If you are a songrapher and find childbirth to interest you, you may want to consider getting your lactation consultant certification.  The more you know, the more valuable you are to your employer, to new mothers, and to your community.  Tomorrow we will talk more about single moms.

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