Hi, All:  A little behind in reading posts but when I read Mary Kay's post 
from Sunday and saw her comment at the very end on the question of % of 
women who cannot produce milk/breastfeed, I had an AHA! moment.  There is a 
big difference between not producing enough milk and breastfeeding.  Unless 
a woman has had a bilateral mastectomy (or some other condition in which 
she finds herself without breasts) or her baby has severe congenital facial 
anomalies/injuries, etc.  she CAN breastfeed.  Whether or not she will be 
able to produce what her baby needs is another story.  The % of women who 
are not able to breastfeed has to be extremely small.  The % of women not 
able to produce enough milk is statistically much greater, but, in 
agreement with many other posters, still not much more than 1%.  So...if I 
am working with a mother who may not be able to produce 100% of her baby's 
nutritional requirements, I NEVER tell her she can't breastfeed.  She may 
need a little outside (her body) help in providing her baby with enough 
milk, but she can certainly breastfeed.  

Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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