I don't have a problem with FF babies when a good go at breastfeeding has been made. But it saddens me that some mums don't have the support network to have the courage to try again with their next bub. A friend of mine had problems with her first, he lost a lot of weight around week 6 and she was told she was starving her baby (mind you.. i think she did scheduled feeding .. which can play havoc with supply) and so she didn't even attempt it with her second. Her OB gave her the drugs to dry up the milk and it was straight on the bottle. Her kids are healthy, happy, intelligent kids, but I can't help feeling she's missed out on a beautiful thing, just because she didn't receive the right encouragement and support.

It is sad that the general idea is that we should TRY and breastfeed 'if we can'. The midwife at our hospital classes told me she could look around the room and pretty much tell who was going to be successful with breastfeeding, just by their attitude. She said she could see I really want to do it, so I'll be successful. I guess really wanting to gives you the motivation to struggle through the rough patches. I spose the next step for her should have been to single out those ones she could see had the wrong attitude and helped and encouraged them. I will say tho, not one word was ever said of using formula as an alternative, so it was very pro-breastfeeding, but that extra support would have been good. I'm interested to go to our reunion and see how everyone's doing