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Babble readers have opinions, strong ones, about the recent decision by large hospitals around the country to stop providing formula in post-partum take-home bags. They range from the mild: "I think that sending people home with formula *does* jeopardize breastfeeding success," to the wild...

Firestorms often ignite when breasts are the topic . It seems we can neither show them when we're feeding , nor can we rightly withhold them from our children in favor of bottle-feeding without incurring the wrath of the holier-than-thou "breast is best" advocates. Where breasts are concerned...

Hospitals around the country are removing formula from post-partum swag bags under pressure from breastfeeding nazis adherents who believe including formula in the go-home goodies might encourage a woman struggling with breastfeeding at 2am to succumb to the ease of formula. Considering the speed at...

Breastfeeding is back in style people. Even the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is on board. It looks like he'll be spending about two million dollars to promote breastfeeding in city run hospitals . That's great! Everyone knows that the colostrum that a baby gets from his or her mother for the...