On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:15:59 +0000
Ronnie McKinley wrote:


My wife breast feed our son, but always had difficulty in making him
feed properly. As a result, she had to end up expressing and
feeding him from a bottle.

Good for her. expressing is more painful, so the fact she did it rather
than giving up is comendable. Its sad that there isnt better training
available for mothers in the UK though. in well over 95% of cases
difficulty is bad latch, which can be avoided with proper training.

So who knows. Is it the act and the
bonding of the breast feeding process, or the breast milk itself,
which is the most important?

According to current research, both.

It also appears that the way the baby sucks causes some kind of
difference in the milk thats produced as well, although its not clear if
this is significant.

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