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> Date:    Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:19:45 -0500
> From:    Kathy Eng <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: do your best thoughts
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> So did the US society or culture fail her? Well, I would say no. She
> knows breast is best as evidenced by her using the words she was so
> happy at her nursing situation this time around -- and she was offered
> BF help during pregnancy without using that help. Did society fail her
> because she is happy with half way success? Hmmmm.....
>
Your anecdote shows so clearly how an individual interacts with its  
environment. Why did she make the informed choice to 50/50-feed,  
although it might cause more problems than 100 % breast or 100 %  
bottle?  Imagine this woman lived in Sweden, where 80 % breastfeed  
exclusively at 2 months. Here it is not "main stream" to bottle feed  
infants at that age - rather,  women report feeling stigmatized when  
not  breastfeeding babies less than 4 months exclusively. Imagine she  
lived in a hunter/gatherer community? We - I - don't know anything  
about why she chose as she did. But if we agree that 6 months of  
exclusively breastfeeding, the society might very well have falied her.

Marit Olanders
Amningsnytt, Sweden

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