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Okay, maybe I didn't read it right, but I'm not certain that it was an anti-breastfeeding article.
And, let me preface this by staying that I'm a HUGE fan of breastfeeding - was exclusive to 6 months, nursed my dd until 2 years, and have spent over $100 to ship my frozen breastmilk to a friend. It drives me nuts when organizations spend more time and effort to donate formula to low-income women than they do educating them about the FREE resource they have at their disposal and/or providing them with a breastpump.
Okay, my position is clear?
I still don't see that article as anti-breastfeeding. I got that bfeeding is preferable. I also got that it isn't the formula that is horrendous, but rather that with which babies are fed in 3rd world countries. And, I'd agree with that. With - what is it? more than 10% of the population in some African nations being HIV+ - shouldn't formula not necessarily been seen as the enemy? I would certainly support HIV+ mamas to use formula to feed their babes. Again, the point I got was that it isn't inherently formula (which we will all agree comes after bmilk in desirability - or, as our ped says, "first breast milk, then pumped and stored breast milk, then nursing from another mother, then breastmilk from another mom, then formula"), but rather the other things with which people might bottle feed their infant.
Did I misinterpret what he was saying?
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