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    "id": 319579,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, issues to do with family planning and breastfeeding are normally considered by the Government as “those issues of women” yet, they really concern the health and development of this country. It goes without saying that the reason breastfeeding lost its importance is because the Government did not take it seriously; just the same way family planning has stopped being serious because the Government also just decided it was none of its business. That is why I must congratulate the Ministry. The first thing that the Ministry should do is to roll out a massive awareness campaign. It is true that most young girls, the moment they give birth, the first thing they think about is to buy formula milk. Actually, baby showers which we attend a lot these days--- We have started to attend them as grandmothers. We used to attend them with our age mates. Baby showers are full of gifts which are normally formula milk. That problem is mostly manifested in urban areas and areas where there is a lot of inter-mingling with the Western world. Let me say this to the young girls who, I hope, will listen or I hope somebody will go and tell them: Number one, breastfeeding is the easiest way to lose weight after giving birth. All those other theories we try to do--- The easiest way to lose weight after giving birth is breastfeeding. The other thing that, of course, hon. Githae spoke about - and which is about the shape of your breast - I can tell you that these days, you can breastfeed for two years and still keep the shape of your breasts. You can decide not to breastfeed and your breasts will still sag. Sagging is a phenomenon nobody can stop, whether you breastfeed or not. We thank God for the new technology; that it is no longer a problem as my colleague has already talked about. But the biggest issue is that of opportunistic infections that children get. I have also breastfed boys and boys really breastfeed; it is like a competition. When they are breastfeeding, there is a feeling of calmness that a mother gets. This calmness comes when you are breastfeeding because there is a hormone that is released. It helps the mother to calm down and have that loving feeling that helps the bonding. So, most of the time when people do not breastfeed, they are irritable and the cry of the child irritates them. All they need to do is to breastfeed and they will be automatically calm. They do not need to go and buy medicine for becoming calm. It is already in our bodies because there is a hormone that is produced by our bodies called oxytocin. I just know that there is a calm feeling when you are breastfeeding. There is the first milk of a mother called cholesterol. When the baby gets that milk, it is guaranteed to have stress free first few months or even years of their lives; they"
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