Hi again Denise,
If I had read a few more emails I would have seen that you have answered my question.
Whilst I agree with you on the whole, the fact that the 'other' options that you suggest for the less than 1% whom are physiologically incapable of breastfeeding such as wet nursing and as some others have suggested a Milk Bank. When these are readily available it would of course be a perfect world, but until then, what advice do you give to clients whom do fall in the less than 1%.
Denise, could I also ask you to contact me off list at deliverywoman @ dodo.com.au as I would like your input into a few queries that I have and I believe that you would be able to help me considerably.
Yours in Childbirth
Rita
Denise Hynd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Jackie
I suspect as the research behind BFHI shows that the difficulties most women
in our culture have with breastfeeding (as with birthing) are a reflection
of inappropriate management.
Less than 1% of women are physiologically incapable of producing sufficient
milk for their babies.
Meanwhile there are other options
For example many women even in our culture (quietly) wet nurse which I would
have loved meanwhlie the Swedes pay women for supplying milk for babies in
nurseries!!
so I dispute that any baby "needs" formula
some informative reading regarding this debate can be found in Gabrielle
Palmer's Politics of breastfeeding.
Denise Hynd
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