"doctors have "known" for years of the effects of formula use. "

NOT TRUE!!!  Most of the physicians (other than breastfeeding colleagues) I 
know do not really believe that breastfeeding is better for mother, baby or 
the economy.  They give lip service to the party line, but they do NOT read 
or believe the research.  They believe we breastfeeding zealots are 
overstating the case.  I hear "I was formula fed and I'm OK" almost daily.  

One very good pediatrician I know claims (correctly) that none of his 
breastfed infants are ever re-admitted for jaundice.  His secret? - he has 
every breastfeeding mother supplement with formula until the mother's full 
milk supply comes in.  I cannot convince him that he is increasing risks of 
any immediate or long term problems.

I believe that almost every physician really wants to do the best for his or 
her patients, they are just not convinced that breastfeeding makes a big 
difference.  They rarely get the $$$ that hospitals do.
Nancy

Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC
Neonatologist, Children's Hospital, and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
Medical Director, Lactation Services, Sharp HealthCare
San Diego, CA, USA

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