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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you women shock me. It's a week. OP will be gone for a week. it's not like she is leaving for a month. Men leave for a week on business trips and no one says anything. Her child needs his dad just as much as he needs his mom. Her husband sounds like a great dad who will be able to handle things for a week. No need to make OP feel bad. [/quote]
True, but baby is breastfed. That’s the key difference. I wouldn’t leave a breastfed baby for a week. It would mess up my milk supply (pumping is just not the same) and as another PP mentioned, babies at that age greatly benefit from the antibodies in their mother’s beast milk. Now if OP’s baby was exclusively formula-fed, then there wouldn’t be an issue.[/quote]

Breastfeeding are highly overstated. There are very minimal benefits for a breastfed baby. [/quote]

Dp The only reason is the lack of information because it is difficult for science to "test" the benefits of breastfeeding.[b]  Each woman makes milk specifically for their infant. [/b] Not shaming anyone who can't but, just because there are no studies does not mean it isn't good for you.  After all, most studies are done on men and not on women.[/quote]

I call BS on the idea that each woman makes milk specifically for their infant.  Each woman’s milk is slightly different, I’ll give you that, but it isn’t because it is specifically for their infant.  The breast is like every other organ in the body.  It is not unique in that it is perfect for every woman.  For most, they work well enough to provide food for their child to be able to thrive- for others they don’t work as well.  Level of fat differs too.  
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