This came about from the "ban the bags" debate, and is what someone told me on a mainstream board when I quoted the 1% statistic. She said that since she had trouble and she knows several other women who had trouble, that the 1% can't possibly be, and it's probably more like 30-40%. Therefore, by "banning the bags," the NY hospitals are being unfair to 1/3-almost 1/2 of all women.
Anyone else ever heard numbers that high? It feels like outside of AP sites, we're basically being told to expect that we won't have enough milk.
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I tried explaining that maybe it was sample bias (as in, when everyone you know on a board has a particular problem, it seems like everyone does. If you go to an infertility board, it feels like the majority of women have infertility problems, even though the population statistic is not that high). Also that a good percentage of those 30-40% of women might have been given wrong information by their doctors, such as "if you don't have milk within 1-2 days, you won't have milk" and "colostrum isn't good enough so you must supplement at first," and so forth. Also that if 1/3-1/2 of all women couldn't produce milk, that it would be an evolutionary disadvantage (animals that can't feed usually die out or evolve other characteristics).
Didn't register.
The girl sounded genuinely discouraged, so this isn't bashing or getting mean. It's just disturbing that people think that so many women can't breastfeed (almost half) or that women are being made to feel that way by medical personnel.
What are other good responses?
Anyone else ever heard numbers that high? It feels like outside of AP sites, we're basically being told to expect that we won't have enough milk.
:I tried explaining that maybe it was sample bias (as in, when everyone you know on a board has a particular problem, it seems like everyone does. If you go to an infertility board, it feels like the majority of women have infertility problems, even though the population statistic is not that high). Also that a good percentage of those 30-40% of women might have been given wrong information by their doctors, such as "if you don't have milk within 1-2 days, you won't have milk" and "colostrum isn't good enough so you must supplement at first," and so forth. Also that if 1/3-1/2 of all women couldn't produce milk, that it would be an evolutionary disadvantage (animals that can't feed usually die out or evolve other characteristics).
Didn't register.
The girl sounded genuinely discouraged, so this isn't bashing or getting mean. It's just disturbing that people think that so many women can't breastfeed (almost half) or that women are being made to feel that way by medical personnel.
What are other good responses?
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I thought it ridiculous too.
