How does everyone feel about breastfeeding?

I work with a lot of new moms who have never had experience with latching on- trust me, it can be very difficult to begin breastfeeding, in addition to the plethora of complications (underdeveloped milk ducts, mastitis, nipple soreness) and I find more women, particularly younger moms, are choosing to go to formula.

For the moms out there, did you breastfeed, or use formula? Or even both? Which did you find suited you better?

In addition to a slow rise of formula using moms, how do you feel about breastfeeding in public place- given that the breast is hidden, and the mom is not obvious about it; I've had women breastfeed so well, I couldn't even tell what they were doing...
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As for my thoughts, I would love to see more moms breastfeeding. It creates a GREAT bond bewteen mom and her baby, the breastmilk is perfectly formulated for the baby's caloric and nutritional needs, and it's natural.

As for breastfeeding in public, I think if a woman is discreet about it, there should definately not be a problem with it. I think more conservative sides of the argument claim breast=sex, no matter if a breast is used in a sexual manner or not. Unless they provide public rooms for it, it should not be banned. People don't HAVE to watch.
Purple Banana Reviewed by Purple Banana on . Breastfeeding How does everyone feel about breastfeeding? I work with a lot of new moms who have never had experience with latching on- trust me, it can be very difficult to begin breastfeeding, in addition to the plethora of complications (underdeveloped milk ducts, mastitis, nipple soreness) and I find more women, particularly younger moms, are choosing to go to formula. For the moms out there, did you breastfeed, or use formula? Or even both? Which did you find suited you better? In addition to Rating: 5