What do you think is the biggest barrier to breastfeeding In Australia?

[Bathsheba]

Really enjoyed reading your post Edensmumma

Regarding diet, I've been taking a multivitamin specific for BFing women as well as InLiven which, between the 2 products, I think covers just about every trace element needed for both maternal and child health. So if you don't like sardines then I'm sure there are other more palatable means of providing your baby with a list of "ingredients" just as impressive as that on the side of a tin....and more, including anitibodies to the latest cold bug that is going around! Also, correct me if I'm wrong but if the milk-making body is running low of a few vitamins etc it will direct them into the milk first? (Before allowing them to be absorbed by the mother's body).

Thanks Chloe for posting that article on artificial BM. Very concerning. I'm definately getting a prescription to relactate (my left side) now... I would have thought ABM would have been more regulated, like a medicine maybe... what are vegetable fats doing in there? A newborn's digestive system wouldn't be geared up to digest that... so I guess it would go straight through their body? From my understanding of (school LOL) biology if you don't have the enzyme present in your body to link up with and help digest each substance in the food then that element of food will just be eliminated? Anyhow...I'll do the reading, don't need a biology lesson here It also got me thinking that I guess at the end of the day, ABM is a money making exercise, and if they can get away with substituting a cheap ingredient for a more expensive "optimal" ingredient they would

Once again, would just like say that i'm glad this isn't a pro/against formula debate anymore... I have been using ABM as a complimetary singular bottle ... and it doesn't appear to have done my baby any harm... so I'm not suddenly going to be critical of those who choose to stick with it... it's just not my personal choice IF I can re lactate my left side.