Thank you for posting, it's always good to think about how what we say affects others. You know, until I joined BB I did not even think about how saying some cliches to people who are having trouble conceiving like "just relax it'll happen" blah, blah, blah affected them, and now I know better. It's the same for those who do feel hurt when someone says something to do with their formula feeding their children. If no one ever says anything, people won't know that their well meaning words may hurt. Having said that, intentions matter, and honestly most people are just trying to help.

I for one have had physiological low supply with both my girls, improved with my second, but not enough despite all the intervention from professionals and bucket loads of hard work (yes, those low % of people are out there so don't discount us because we're the minority). I mixed fed DD1 till she refused boob point blank at 7 months, and I am now able to exclusively bf DD2 now that she's older and doesn't need a full supply to nourish her, but mixed fed with formula for 8 months and occasionally while I'm at work after that. I am a huge advocater or breastfeeding, because society is geared the other way, there is not enough education, and when you run into problems, sometimes it does feel like you either run into the "extremists" from either end of the spectrum. But yeah, I have had my fair share of hurtful comments "just feed, feed, feed" - blanket assumptioms are not helpful, and some from people who should know better, like the first ABA Counsellor I emailed, or one of the council lactation consultants I went to. That's how I found BB, and by and large, have found a huge amount of help and support, and good intentions even if it couldn't help, at least they cared. I'm sure that the breastfeeders who do read your posts will take some of it on board, even if it does provoke a bit of a reaction at first.