Sorry, I know I'm chiming in a little late on this whole bottle discussion,
but wanted to add my two cents.  I've been breastfeeding for nearly six
years continuously, currently nursing my three year old.  My children have
never had a drop of formula, and are both, thank G-d, happy and healthy
children.  I never had concerns about my milk supply.

I wanted to report on an unhappy side effect of using bottles.

A few weeks ago, I bought a pump.  Mind you, I have no real need for one,
but I had a store credit lying around, no other item that I really needed,
and wanted to see what all the fuss was about with the Avent Isis.  So, I
brought it home, put it together, sat myself down and pumped for quite a
while, with massage and breathing and everything.  And guess what, through
no fault of the pump or my inability to read the directions, I got about 1/2
an ounce.  "Half an ounce!?", I thought!  How can that be?  Now I know that
my daughter is three (although still nursing quite a bit) and my milk supply
is certainly not what it was even when she was two, but.... half an ounce?
And suddenly this very confident, LLL Leader even, with two healthy
breastfed children, had a completely illogical moment of self doubt.

And then I realized that, all these years, I've liked not really knowing how
much milk they get when they snuggle in to nurse.  I don't want to be able
to measure in ounces what they're taking in, anymore than I want to be able
to quantify just how much they love me.  So, I'm just going to go in and
continue nursing, unconsciously imagining an immeasurable flow of milk, and
knowing that whatever it is, it's perfect...

By the way, to add insult to injury,  I tried to convince my daughter to
drink the pumped milk from a cup, so it wouldn't go to waste, but she would
have none of it.  Thanks, but no thanks, mom,  That's gross.

Julie Rosen, LLLL in NJ

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