HBFW FeedBut some search terms are heartbreaking and I wish I could reach out and hug the person searching the internet – things like “guilt over not being able to breastfeed,” “I don’t enjoy breastfeeding” and the title of this post – “Why is breastfeeding hard?” And that got me thinking. Why is it hard?
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A microscopic glimmer of positive out of the Chinese milk tragedy… But it’s not just a Chinese thing – whilst other countries don’t tend to put melamine in their milk, don’t imagine for one moment that formula is 100% safe, wherever in the world you are. When you breastfeed, you control the milk production – [...]
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Half Pint Pixie blogs about the thorny Nestlé issue – expect more sponsorship of fluffy child-friendly events in the run-up to the launch of Nestlé formula in the UK. They were sponsoring the Netmums Coffee House last year (to loud outcry from many) and now it’s Childline.
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In China, more than 50 babies have kidney stones and another has died – tests showed the formula was tainted with toxic melamine, in order to make the product appear rich in protein. 700 tonnes of infant formula has been recalled by Sanlu Group Co. The formula isn’t sold outside China. For more on this [...]
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Kate Garraway is presenting a programme called Other People’s Milk on Channel 4 on September 9th. In it, she talks to women who have cross-nursed each other’s children and mothers who donate breastmilk. The photoshoot to promote the programme is bound to provoke a reaction, in particular, this photograph: I wonder why the outcry though [...]
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Breastfeeding Awareness Week, like a lot of the breastfeeding promotion stuff - I wonder whether it’s really only speaking to those who are likely to breastfeed anyway, come what may. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking the excellent work done in raising awareness of the issues surrounding breastfeeding. For instance, campaigning for women to be able to [...]
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So said Kermit. But apparently, if you breastfeed, you are being green. This article sets out the environmental impact of formula feeding. The figures are staggering, but it’s interesting to me how little mention is made of this aspect of breastfeeding promotion. Is it because it’s yet another “stick” with which to beat an already [...]
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Well, I’m not. Not being made to feel guilty. But I do feel guilty sometimes. I will explain why. As is probably pretty clear from this site, I read a lot about breastfeeding. I think about it a fair bit - things will occur to me when I’m commuting to work, so I have a notebook with [...]
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(Edited) I posted this the other day without introduction and I thought I ought to add something to explain why I feel this is an important addition to the site. So often women think that breastfeeding is something you need to do for a long time in order for it to make a difference, so [...]
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