I have not read the rest of the articles on the Mayo site but to my reading
the original article linked to is extremely poor and undermines
breastfeeding. While it gives lip service to breastfeeding it suggests that
breastfeeding is potentially dangerous while formula feeding is explicitly
stated as proving no risk to babies. The guilt thing for the author clearly
means "we must protect women from information that may be distressing to
them," and not provide them with fact but empty platitudes about any choice
they make being the right one. It's patronising and bad medicine. It's not
about guilt at all.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> I would like to repectfully disagree with the response to the Mayo clinic
> interview on breastfeeding and guilt.  The article on guilt is positive
> about breastfeeding. How to assist mothers who for one reason ofr another
> are unalbe to partically or fully breastfeed is challenging for all
> lactation consultants. In private practice we see a wide variety of
problems
> and honestly there are even times when I am saying that guilt should have
no
> place in your decision about how you are going to feed your baby.

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