Cross-nursing, ethics, and giving breast milk in the contemporary context

SynopsisFor many feminist scholars it is a truism that most breastfeeding research has been primarily undertaken from the perspective of medical and public health discourses. This chapter draws on qualitative research to discuss situations that take us beyond some of the assumptions embedded in these discourses about good breastfeeding practice. In particular, it assesses the phenomenon of cross-nursing from the perspective of 12 New Zealand women in the contemporary context in order to shed light on some of its moral dimensions.