My intention is never, ever to imply the mother herself gave up too easily or to imply that EVERY mother can BF but I do feel that there is such bad support out there that many mothers could have BFed even though they say they couldn't.
I agree with you Meow

I've had many of my friends who also struggled 9and ended up fulltime FF) have come back later and asked me what I did and what worked. I'm always conscious of saying that these solutions worked for MY situation and they would need to find what works for them but I try to let everyone know that I think they could successfully BF.

I get the impression on this forum though that this approach isn't liked and telling a FF mum she could have BF is wrong... and this thread says so too. So, is this just a personal thing and I've been lucky that my RL friends have been more open to the discussion or do you think I'm really just annoying everyone and I didn't realise?
Some people (Im not suggesting you ) have the impression that FF mum want advice on how to BF and that sometimes this advice is offered so quick without consideration to the FF Mum.
For instance if a woman told me she had a C section it would be rude and presumptious to say "Did to try doing this or that..it worked for me...did you push this way or breathe that way..." YKWIM.

In my experience, the mums that are forced into formula feeding (as opposed to the ones who choose to FF) have usually had a history with the lactation consultant, the maternal nurse and the GP.