Re: [ozmidwifery] "formula lunches"

[Fiona Rumble]

Dear List, I in no way recommend the use of formula and feel enormous grief 
when I see a baby being bottle-fed and missing out on its birthright- 
breastmilk. However my point is that, like it or not, until all babies the 
world over are exclusively breastfed, they have to be fed something to keep 
them alive! I would hope that in the situation where a mother finds that she 
needs or wants to use a substitute milk (for whatever reason- we do not live 
in an ideal world where women have not been exposed to the insidious 
propaganda and brainwashing from stereotypical TV shows and clever 
advertising campaigns, misinformation and medicalisation of the whole birth 
process) it is the optimum substitute available. How do you people support 
your clients who go against everything you believe in and work for the 
promotion of, and still "choose" to formula feed? My three own babies were 
exclusively breastfed for as long as they wanted to continue the 
breastfeeding relationship, and I too have wet-nursed another woman's baby. 
I am passionate about every baby's right to breastmilk, however I do not 
wear blinkers to the fact that this is a real and imperfect world we live 
in. My original point is not to throw the baby out with the bath water. 
Thankyou for the suggestions and helpful feedback, with love Fiona 

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