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My daughter just turned one month old today, and we had a somewhat difficult time getting her on the breast at first. It mostly boiled down to the fact that my wife's milk had not fully come in yet. She (the baby) would suck, but wasn't getting anything. She lost almost a full pound from her birth weught, but after pumping breast milk and syringe feeding, she came back up. A few days later, there was more milk flowing than any 2 babies could drink, and breastfeeding was not a problem.
I think there is this huge movement to push breastfeeding in the medical industry these days. I saw countless posters in the maternity ward of the hospital pushing breastfeeding. Funny thing is, 50 years ago, the medical world was practically chopping off a mothers breasts and forcing bottle feeding on the public. The pendulum swings both ways. All the bottle fed kids of the 50's grew up just fine, and all of the breastfed kids of today will grow up fine too. If formula is the answer, then so be it. If you continue to disagree with this doctor, then by all means, turn her loose. Plenty of others out there.
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