Instead of personal stories and family circumstances I am really interested in the potential reasons why in this country are breastfeeding rates so much lower than in other countries?
Surely in other countries boobs are sexual things as well so it can't just be that.
Is it that ever downward spiral that as fewer women breastfeed that it is hidden and therefore fewer women feel comfortable with the whole thing?
I don't think it is the availability of formula
Have there been studies done on this? (sure there have but don't know where to find them)
Is the success rate of mothers who have chosen to breastfeed truly dependent on the support network around them - or are there really an increasing number of women whose milk doesn't come in - and why could that be the case?
This is NOT a thread for the wrongs and rights of breastfeeding vs formula it is more a question of how things have got to this stage.
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JingleyJen · 26/01/2008 21:21
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