"Wanting more babies to get more breastmilk is not the issue. Code compliance is the issue."

Maybe this is why I feel the way I do about this whole "issue". For me, it IS about getting more babies more breastmilk. If we are willing to sacrifice that in order to comply with the Code we may have preserved some idealized vision of how "we" think breastfeeding SHOULD be, but have we best served the babies and their mothers? For me the answer is a resounding no. 

I am sad that a mother doesn't want to breastfeed her baby, but it is not the worst that could happen and if she wants to go to all the work of pumping and bottlefeeding, I surely am going to do all I can to support that. She may change her mind, but if I haven't helped her maintain her milk supply, well, we lost the option of breastfeeding. But maybe that makes some people feel virtuous because they maintained the Code.

Andrea Tran RN, IBCLC
Boulder/Erie, Colorado

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