Why are so many people told completely erroneous things about breastfeeding by so-called health professionals?
Why are so many midwives and HVs totally ill-equipped to support women who want to breastfeed?
Why do so many GPs say things like "now you're pregnant, your milk will dry up and you won't be able to breastfeed your older child any more" and "six months is quite enough, besides, they bite"?
And why do so many people take what their midwife, HV or GP says as total gospel and not think to either apply a little bit of common sense to it or try to get a second opinion?
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hunkermunker · 22/07/2005 23:42
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