Bottle-Feeding Moms Lack Support

According to a new report found in the British journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, women who bottle-feed may not be getting enough support or information on bottle-feeding.

British researchers looked at 23 studies on new moms and suggest that the lack of support for bottle-feeding moms may put infants’ health at risk. While most experts agree that breastfeeding is the ideal nutrition for babies, not all moms choose to breastfeed or are able to. Moms who bottle-feed may not be getting adequate information on how to feed their babies.

According to the researchers, bottle-feeding moms had issues with guilt over not breastfeeding, anger, or felt pressure to breastfeed. They also worried about negative opinions from health professionals. In fact, some new moms felt that their caregivers spent much more time with breastfeeding moms.

See details for more information:

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/07/14/bottle-feeding-moms-ignored.html

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By My2miracles on 04/16/10 at 1:00 am

I got a lot of crap for not breastfeeding. I breastfed my 1st for 1 month & then I had to go back to work. I didn't care for breastfeeding & r  ...

By ANGWife on 03/15/10 at 9:03 am

I agree that there isn't as much info out there. Having to bottle feed, I had no clue about choose correct formulas for my son. Or keeping up with iron   ...

By ftnjn on 12/25/09 at 7:50 pm

It's true. When DS#1 was born I had planned on BF but things happened and I had to go on heart medication. The LC that came to my room was horrible, we   ...

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