>hi there,
>
>2009/7/31 heather <[log in to unmask]>:
><snip>
>>  * the definition of 'breastfeeding' is not clear - 'any' breastfeeding may
>>  be recorded as 'breastfeeding' ; there is no attempt to differentiate
>>  between exclusive and partial; some papers make a distinction between
>>  'breastfeeding for x months' and 'breastfeeding for y months'  but not all
>
>it just came to my mind:
>what about (partial) pumping?
>is it considered breastfeeding or bottlefeeding?


In the studies I found, pumping ( 'breastmilk feeding') is not even mentioned.

Under WHO definitions, 'breastmilk feeding' is the same category as 
'breastfeeding'.

I think it is different but the social etc outcomes for a child whose 
mother 'breastmilk feeds' may be different from the outcomes for a 
child whose mother formula feeds....but you could easily be measuring 
the difference in the parenting/mother's outlook  rather than the 
feeding.

HWN, UK

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