Im going to be honest and hope no one takes offence.

I think her heart is in the right place. In the end, we all know breast is best but not always suitable. I think alot of the breastfeeding issues stem from inadequate mother support and education. Breastfeeding is hard. It requires being completely selfless and as a pp stated giving up alot of time and effort for a good long period of time. I dont think alot of new mothers realise this. In the end if you know all the facts on bf vs ff and still choose to ff then more power to you.
I think alot of the time the reason why mothers arent breastfeeding is skewed. Ive been one of those mothers, before anyone jumps all over me that Im picking on ff mothers; both my first and second babies were on formula from a young age (under 4mths). Thinking back, at those times I had a list of reasons why I ff instead of continuing with the breastfeeding; my eldest has a bad latch, he wasnt interested, my second he was a too frequent feeder, I must have been starving him not to mention the latching issues (which may actually have been truth in hindsight to his speech issues today). If Im honest with myself right now and at the experienced end of having fed baby #3 for 11mths and would still be feeding if it werent for uni study; majority of those "reasons" werent really reasons at all, they just made me feel better. In the end I can see now that Ds1 was a normal baby and no different to what Ds3 was like in the early days. Same goes for Ds2 and his frequent feeding. I had no breastfeeding support for the first two; no one to push me in the right direction of the ABA or a LC. No one who had actually breastfed their own children and could give me experienced personal advice. It was completely on me that breastfeeding wasnt successful. I have alot of regret about how clueless and maybe a teeny bit selfish I was. Cant change it all now, and Ds1 and Ds2 are happy healthy little boys so no harm done, but to know that it didnt have to be that way is a bit saddening.

Ive met so many mothers recently who have all manner of reasons why they dont breastfeed. It horrifies me to know that there are health professionals out there giving out ridiculously outdated or completely incorrect advice. That alot of mothers dont even know who the ABA are or that there are LC's who can help. That the first 6wks are the hardest and you really cant make a call on whether its working for you until that time has passed because alot changes once hormones and supply settles down. That society has made it so that the current lifestyle of most of the world doesnt support things like breastfeeding (or even extended breastfeeding).

We're being let down as women by any number of people. I can understand Gisele's passion esp because its connected to her son and we all know how passionate people get about their kids. I just think making breastfeeding compulsory isnt the way to go but something definately needs to be done to facilitate better breastfeeding rates and mother education.

Ok Im done you can all start throwing rotten fruit at me now