So a cost was imputed to loss of wages- assuming that all breastfeeding parents don't/can't work AND assuming that all formula-feeding parents are going to work. That's how I read what was available to read, and if read correctly, it's pretty crazy. And when framed as a maternal/parental cost only, and not in the context of the dyad or the family, it surely came across as terribly unbalanced.
What is missing from the conversation-- and again, I have not seen the full article either? Future health and cost risks of osteoporosis, breast cancer... and earlier return of fertility...
Lisa Marasco
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