@JulyMumma Thank you!!! Love this!!! 'The benefits of breastfeeding have been dramatically overstated and it is time to correct our advice to mothers to reflect the real benefits of breastfeeding, not the imagined super powers that simply don’t exist.'
Basically the only benefit of BM is that it is free BUT ONLY if you don't need to invest in supplements and pumps to maintain/increase supply. Because I will tell you that while my DD got every measly drop of BM my defective boobs produced for 7 months, it came at a very high cost of buying supplements and pumping like a maniac. And that in addition to buying formula. So it's not so free as they would make it sound... And even despite all the work I sometimes feel like a failure because I didn't EBF and my kid got 'poison'... (Kidding!)
Re: New study - will help if you're dealing with guilt
powers that simply don’t exist.'
Basically the only benefit of BM is that it is free BUT ONLY if you don't need to invest in supplements and pumps to maintain/increase supply. Because I will tell you that while my DD got every measly drop of BM my defective boobs produced for 7 months, it came at a very high cost of buying supplements and pumping like a maniac. And that in addition to buying formula. So it's not so free as they would make it sound... And even despite all the work I sometimes feel like a failure because I didn't EBF and my kid got 'poison'... (Kidding!)