I finished it in a matter of days (amazing what you can find the time to do even though you have a 4 month old when you really are engrossed in something!)and have quickly passed it on to a friend. A brilliant book, huge amount of knowledge in it, both political and historical, and actually quite a practical help with BF given the biological explanations of how BF works.

And of course I am utterly incensed to read about how the likes of Nestle still market their products. When I was a student in the early 1990s, everyone boycotted Nestle because of their tactics in the developing world (it was socially unacceptable to offer someone a fruit pastille and Findus Crispy pancakes were an ethical dilemma for penniless students who couldn't cook!)but I had heard that they had addressed this and it was no longer an issue. Also very, very frightening to read about what is actually in artificial milk (including the fact that it's not even sterile in powder form)and how the companies can please themselves about what they put in it.

I'm sadly reading this book. Spent a lot of the time in despair & disbelief, especially about the dumping of formula for disaster relief.

Very thought provoking book,very shocking in places. As a 2 pump owning mum with a fulltime job, I ended up feeling quite defensive about the part about expressing though. Pah, so much for feeling quite smug about exlusively BF my DS for 6 months and plans to continue pumping every working day until his 1st birthday...

Which lead me to thinking, are we all breastfeeders on this thread, smug or otherwise? Can this book actually change minds?

Hunker - it is quite shocking, isn't it. These huge international groups are put in charge of policing the world's health and telling everyone the "right" way to do everything.....but of course what is right is subjective. Shame on the people who airdropped powdered milk to "help" stressed mothers in disaster areas. Disgusting.

Thanks hunkermunker, very lazy of me not to have just googled and found that!

pinterandmartin I would also like to contact you, have an idea re Webchat. Could you PM me?

good idea - I'll have a look later on through the thread to find their email. (I'm a bit distracted by my 2 children at the mo)

It would be worth contacting P&M by email, I reckon.

hunkermunker - I just wish I could translate into a "larger" language, if you see what I mean. I can only reach speakers of Greek. Something like Spanish or French would reach far more people, but I am afraid my Spanish is very rudimentary!