Only 5% of women suffer from a Physiologically Insufficient Milk Supply — NIH

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Anonymous wrote:So is the purpose of this post just to make women who might already be struggling to breastfeed feel worse? “Oh, this one study suggests that your struggles to feed your child might all be your fault because they’re in your head.”

+1 how about women who are slow to let down or have nipples that make latching difficult/painful. Sure, if they pumped for an hour they may provide sufficient milk for their child, but at what physical and psychological cost.

As someone who had breastfeeding problems about 2 months in I’m supremely grateful for this kind of research. It allowed me to work with my doctor’s and LC’s to actually pinpoint what was going on and fix it. You really have to despise women to oppose women-focused medical research.

Umm okay. Women face a lot of actual medical issues that get that research funding as well. It's fine to wonder why a study was done.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So is the purpose of this post just to make women who might already be struggling to breastfeed feel worse? “Oh, this one study suggests that your struggles to feed your child might all be your fault because they’re in your head.”

+1 how about women who are slow to let down or have nipples that make latching difficult/painful. Sure, if they pumped for an hour they may provide sufficient milk for their child, but at what physical and psychological cost.

As someone who had breastfeeding problems about 2 months in I’m supremely grateful for this kind of research. It allowed me to work with my doctor’s and LC’s to actually pinpoint what was going on and fix it. You really have to despise women to oppose women-focused medical research.

Umm okay. Women face a lot of actual medical issues that get that research funding as well. It's fine to wonder why a study was done.

I’m a DP but the phenomenon of women being badly represented in medical studies is well documented (Google “ambien for women” if you really don’t follow this) and breastfeeding has been a particularly unstudied area since doctors pushed formula for so long— no reason to study something you’re actively discouraged from doing.