I don't think Ïf *you* don't breastfeed your baby will have increased risks", but rather state that "Baby's who were not breastfed turn out to have a higher incidence of ...".
And I think teaching about the risks of not breastfeeding should always be a joint venture with teaching about ''coping with hospital routines and communication with HCP's around childbirth". Mothers should be emancipated patients, who will be educated about their health and the health of their babies and ways to communcate their wishes with staff.

Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in southerns Netherlands

Wendy Blumfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: It seems to me that it is less threatening to make positive statements like:
breastfed babies are healthier because they suffer less 
from.......infections, digestive problems etc in the first year
breastfed babies are healthier in later life because studies show that it 
protects them from....diabetes, obesity, hypertension.......


  Met vriendelijke groet, 

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC 
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