Skin to Skin: The Bond Created between Mother and Baby through “Breastfeeding” “ Breastfeeding saves lives” and “Breast is best!” are well-known slogans for physicians and women. Putting the new-born to the breast to nurse is now considered “normative” in the United States with 75% of women doing so. Unfortunately, breastfeeding as a way to continue to feed infants is not yet normative. Women do not choose to breastfeed as long as recommended by health experts and the government, which may result in a missed opportunity for improving infant health and, at the same time, maternal health. But what when it comes to breastfeeding during cancer treatment?? Caring for a new born baby can be stressful. So can going through breast cancer treatment. But juggling both at the same time? This invites an entirely new level of anxiety. Breast cancer occurs in about 1 in 3,000 pregnancies and is the most common type of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, after birth while breastf...