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• Thank you thank you pointing out the plight of women who DO have to worry about their baby dying from diarrhea (etc). I posted a really similar reaction on my own blog! http://disastermusings.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-science-goes-wrongor-why-i-find.html
  (posted to A Case Against Hanna Rosin: Breastfeeding's Risks and Benefits)

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• Yeah, I don't think I've ever claimed that formula will doom your child to a life of disease. But claiming that the benefits of breastfeeding are thin ignores mountains of evidence to the contrary. I realize a lot of this (posted to A Case Against Hanna Rosin: Breastfeeding's Risks and Benefits)
• I totally agree. The self-righteous breastfeeding maniacs are all middle and upper class women too. As gregoryabutler points out, it's more difficult to breastfeed if you've got to go straight back to work after having a baby or you have (posted to A Case Against Hanna Rosin: Breastfeeding's Risks and Benefits)
• using an anecdote about you and your sister is REALLY not very convincing. my friend was adopted and never breast-fed, whereas i was breastfed. and yet she gets better grades than me, is healthier than me, and is involved in (posted to A Case Against Hanna Rosin: Breastfeeding's Risks and Benefits)
• I agree with Ms. Rosin's article having been a breastfeeding mom and feminist. Full Disclosure: I breastfed my two children for over two years each. The part of her article that got me the most are the high costs of (posted to A Case Against Hanna Rosin: Breastfeeding's Risks and Benefits)
• I am utterly shocked to find this sentence on a supposedly feminist website article: 'It's generally an unpleasant experience to begin with. But many women stop breastfeeding long before they return to work, and many mothers who do not work (posted to A Case Against Hanna Rosin: Breastfeeding's Risks and Benefits)

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