I went to see cousins new baby on Saturday and she asked me if I would be breastfeeding DS when he arrives - I said yes as I think that if you can it is important to breastfeed and she laughed at me and said ooohhhh they've got to you then - I asked her what she meant and she said the breastfeeding police - I said no and I thought breastfeeding helped protect me against breast cancer, was linked to children hyaving lesws allergies, higher IQ and lessens the risk of being obese as an adult as well as protecting them from lots of things in terms of getting antibodies from breastmilk - well I must be stupid then cause she said her best friend is a midwife and she said that there is nothing a baby can get from breastmilk that it can't from formula and therre si no scientific proof to back up the benefits of breastmilk at all - is this right - I didn't think so and think maybe that she was getting defensive cause I said I think breastfeeding is better for the baby but I know she will bring this up again and want to be able to say 'Well actually................'
Mind you she did seem really surprised when I said I would rather baby have milk made by me for baby humans than chemically processed milk meant for baby cows so maybe she isn;t too clever - or maybe its me??
(By the way I don't care what she does to be honest its her choice but I would like to know if she is right in what she says her friend says??)