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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The AAP supports continued breastfeeding, along with appropriate complementary foods introduced at about 6 months, as long as mutually desired for 2 years or beyond. Studies and meta-analyses have also confirmed the impact of breastfeeding longer than 12 months on maternal health in decreasing maternal type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer rates (Table 2). Mothers who decide to breastfeed beyond the first year need support. They often report feeling ridiculed or alienated in their choice and conceal their breastfeeding behavior to minimize unsolicited judgment and comments.20,21 There is evidence that only one-half of mothers who breastfeed past 1 year discuss their decision with their pediatric primary care provider and that 38% of women who reported that their provider was unsupportive of breastfeeding past the first year elected to change their pediatric primary care provider.22

Breastfeeding exclusively for about 6 months is an evidence-based recommendation. In an individual counseling situation, pediatricians and families can discuss the desires of the family and cultural variations. Pediatricians can review the importance of exclusive breastfeeding and ensure mothers and families are fully informed about their decisions, while at the same time engaging in nonjudgmental conversations about the family’s personal goals for breastfeeding. Exclusive or any breastfeeding is not always possible, despite the best of intentions, and these mothers and families need special support to overcome the disappointment that may accompany breastfeeding difficulties.

Outcomes
Extensive data confirm that many acute and chronic pediatric disorders, such as otitis media, acute diarrheal disease, lower respiratory illnesses, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), inflammatory bowel disease, childhood leukemia, diabetes mellitus, obesity, asthma, and atopic dermatitis, occur less frequently among children who were breastfed as infants.18 Some of these outcomes may be secondary to the unique biologic composition of human milk. Mothers who breastfeed experience lower risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus; breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer; and hypertension12 (Tables 2 and 3).

Don't just read the announcement. Read the accompanying paper and technical review. 
They have had more and more studies on breast milk and this reflect it. [/quote]

yeah I know what it says, same as always with these people. vastly overstate the benefits of breastfeeding based on bad research with confounders; ignore the solid research that shows no benefit; completely discount women’s preferences about their bodies; do not value women’s labor at all; and conclude with absolutely disgusting paternalism at this particular juncture that women who don’t breastfeed must be “disappointed” and need “special support.”[/quote]
Emily Oster is that you? [/quote]

She’s hardly the only one making these points. But really it’s the end of Roe that makes this sh*t truly indefensible now. Women’s bodies are not proxies for anyone’s crusades and policy preferences.[/quote]

The AAP statement says that doctors should support women who choose to breastfeed and that nursing to 2 is only advised when there is mutual desire to continue. In other words the complete opposite of the Roe decision.

It’s weird that this has to be said, but it is actually not harmful for professional associations to support the choices of women.  If you do not choose (or cannot choose) to make the choices that are being supported, that does not make that support a personal attack: the statement is simply not about you. [/quote]

It says much more than that. It is not “supporting the choices of women” when a professional organization uses bad evidence to make a recommendation about what wome do with their bodies. It is not supporting women to [b]fail to include consideration of their effort and time and personal preferences[/b] in the recommendations. [/quote]

As someone whose personal preference was to nurse, I feel that my effort and time are better considered by this recommendation than they were without it.

The government literally buys formula for low-income women through WIC. A statement of support for people who make the choice for breastfeeding isn’t taking anything away from you.  Please do not begrudge support to someone else for something that you aren’t doing, they also deserve support.[/quote]

It’s not a “statement of support”. It’s a message that women should be breastfeeding for 2 years. for all the talk about “breastfeeding goals” it’s clear that AAP thinks all women should have the goal of BF for TWO YEARS. [/quote]

“If mutually desired by mother and child”. Did you miss the part where it says they only “think you should do this” insofar as you want it yourself?

Do you take all of their recommendations this personally? Because I, for one, have totally let my 14MO watch Elmo while I shower without ever thinking their screen time recommendations did not take into account MY need for hygiene.  Particularly if it’s a recommendation about something you yourself are not doing, this seems like a really extreme reaction. [/quote]

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