I just want to know that if all of these issues were addressed and something done to correct them, what happens to the women that do everything humanly possible to establish a BF relationship and it still doesn't work? How are we to deal with that? Does she get the "that's OK, you did your best" or does she slink into the 'surely you could have done more' basket? Unfortunately there will always be women who can't BF, despite their best intentions and there will still be some who chose to FF from the outset regardless of what help there is available.
Great point.
The current measure aren't working. If new measures are introduced then the rates will eventually increase so BF is the norm. With all mothers being supported and fully informed about BF then very few will have to FF. I think also the number of mothers who choose to FF may reduce if they were truly informed about the health disadvantages of FF. So in the end those mothers who truly can't BF may then have the option of giving their babies donor breastmilk (establishment of milk banks across Australia is one of the suggestions put fwd to the committee). So it may not happen overnight but hopefully by the time our children have kids BF will be the norm and those mothers who truly cannot BF will not be frowned upon because they will be so rare that other mothers will know that there must be some thing that has prevented it. Well thats what I feel will happen in an ideal world where the politicians do all the things necessary.