I find it inexplicable for the
wider lactation community's failure to call those questioning the sincerity and motivations of the Fed Is Best founders and community members.
Spectra Baby is a new breast pump company which has a loyal following in
the lactation community.
Chances are your OB - GYN or midwife is connected to
the lactation community and will have great recommendations for you.
More specifically, «While expressed breast milk is recognized as far superior to infant formula,
the lactation community has begun to question whether [it] confers similar protection to that derived by directly breastfeeding,» according to Donna Chapman, writing in the Journal of Human Lactation.
For the last week she has been having what
the lactation community refers to as a nursing strike.
For over 65 years, Ameda has been a strong and active partner of breastfeeding mothers,
the lactation community, and medical institutions.
So, who created these recommendations, how do they impact breastfeeding and pumping moms and why is it causing a divide from within
the lactation community?
And why is it causing such a divide from within
the lactation community?
Controversial to many in
the lactation community because a shield acts as a barrier between breast and baby, these plasticy devices provide nipple pain prevention and relief to many with flat, inverted, or sensitive nipples.