Right...but, if YOU have seen these types of mothers, aren't YOU their 
support?  Can not YOU, as the IBCLC who has been in contact with them, give 
them the information they need, teach them with truth, follow up and refer?

I agree that in some very extreme cases breastfeeding is not suitable because 
of individual circumstances; however, I don't not think it is in the mother's or 
the baby's best interest to *assume* that breastfeeding is not suitable or 
that bottle-feeding is the only course for that particular dyad.

In ALL the situations you listed, breastfeeding can be the ONE thing that heals 
the mother from her addictions and from her past trauma, and can be the ONE 
thing that establishes a life-long bond between the mother and her child.  In 
many of these circumstances breastfeeding can truly be life-changing.

Blessings!

Karyn-grace Clarke, IBCLC, LLLL
Gabriola Island, BC, Canada

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