Dear All,
Here is part of a blog I just wrote about breastfeeding studies.

"I was just looking over a 2013 meta-analysis on the long term benefits 
<http://eldis.org/go/home&id=65252&type=Document#.U-judGP_kpM> of 
breastfeeding. It was done by the World Health Organization 
<http://www.who.int/topics/breastfeeding/en/> so I know I can trust the 
results. Two things struck me. One, how few quality studies we have on 
breastfeeding. The second thing that really hit me was the fact that 
many of these studies were looking at babies who were formula feed and 
babies who were breastfeed, for at least a little while. Some of the 
studies counted breastfeed babies who only were breastfeed for one month!

Now, I do believe that every bit of breastmilk that gets into a baby's 
mouth is good, regardless of how it got there. However, if we are 
looking at long term health effects wouldn't it make sense to compare 
formula feed babies to babies who were breastfeed for a normal amount of 
time for a human mammal?"

It goes on you can read more at http://bfcaa.com/blog/.

Basically, I would love to see formula feed babies compared to babies 
who received only their mother's breastmilk exclusively for about 6 
months and with complementary foods for 2-4 years. That would be very 
interesting!

Thank you for all of your collective wisdom. I almost always start my 
day drinking my tea and reading lactnet!
Warmly,
Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC, RLC, LLL
The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor
bfcaa.com


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