I used to teach childbirth classes. During Class 1 when I talked about 
adaptations to pregnancy I talked about how the breasts are developing 
the milk factory by the third month, because human milk is so important 
to the infant's immature nervous, digestive and immune system. When we 
talked about preterm birth, I talked about the special needs of premies 
and how human milk is adapted for their needs. I tried to talk about 
breastfeeding in a positive way in every class, so that I wasn't openly 
selling it, but that by the end almost everyone wanted to breastfeed. I 
didn't ask them their plans before the series, so I could not be 
perceived as trying to change their minds. I also told a few bottle 
feeding horror stories that I witnessed over the years (including the 2 
families that set their house on fire heating formula in the middle of 
the night, and the 3 mo old baby who was starving to death because her 
pedi told mom to over-dilute the formula) - because stories stick better 
than statistics.

Interestingly, the women who decided not to breastfeed anyway contained 
an unusually large percentage of those who had lost their own mom in 
early adolescence. I always wondered if there was a connection.
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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