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You are NOT alone if you can't breastfeed, won't breastfeed, or need to stop breastfeeding!
What Science REALLY Says About Breastfeeding

When I stopped breastfeeding my firstborn, I felt like every article I read on the topic implied I was dooming him to an unhealthy life, but when I started to do research, it became clear that those articles didn't always accurately reflect the science they claimed to report.
Somehow, breastfeeding has become a cause instead of one way to feed a baby.  And, as with most causes, discussion tends to be biased.

MY FAVORITE ARTICLE:

What Science Really Says About the Benefits of Breast-Feeding (and what the New York Times didn’t tell you)

The Science Times section of the New York Times announced today that it had received more than 100 letters “pro and con” over its article “Breast-Feed or Else.” Coverage of the reaction suggests that this is a controversial topic, with the Times acting as an honest broker; but when a newspaper compared cigarette smoking to using infant formula, we suspected that there’s got to be something screwy with the science, which is, in fact, the case. By failing to take a thorough, critical look at the evidence for this new public health campaign, the Times has caused needless anguish to countless mothers.

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THIS STUDY LINKS BENEFITS FOR BABY NOT TO BREASTMILK, BUT TO MOTHER'S HORMONE LEVELS WHILE PREGNANT (WHICH AFFECTED ABILITY TO BREASTFEED):

Breastfeeding Is Not As Beneficial As Once Thought

07 January 2010

Feeling guilty that you didn't breastfeed your children enough or at all? Relax. New research shows that breast milk is not as important for either the mother or the child's health.


THIS DEBUNKS SOME COMMON CLAIMS ABOUT BREAST-FEEDING:

Are the benefits of breastfeeding oversold?

As a mother, I am a passionate advocate of breastfeeding and I breastfed my four children. As a clinician, though, I need to be mindful not to counsel patients based on my personal preferences, but rather based on the scientific evidence. While breastfeeding has indisputable advantages, the medical advantages are quite small. Many current efforts to promote breastfeeding, while well meaning, overstate the benefits of breastfeeding and distorts the risks of not breastfeeding, particularly in regard to longterm benefits.

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