[Vigilanteman]

Quite correct and even though I am a guy, I get tired of the morons who can't understand this. I've known many women over my lifetime who for one reason or other can't produce sufficient milk to feed their young, usually though no fault of their own.

This is why baby formula was invented. My mother told me that in the mid 1950s, new mothers would often be given medications to dry up their milk because formula was considered safer. I'm sure there were economic reasons involved as well, but the point is that this was a stupid then as the people are now who pooh-pooh the need for formula.

[DesertRhino]

Formula was invented in the 50s because it was the 50s. They also gave us frozen TV dinners, Minute Rice, Cheeze Whiz and McDonalds. It wasn’t because they wanted to help us have better nutrition.

They realized those mommy boobs and calculated how much cash they could make if only those could be taken outta the mix.

[metmom]

My mother told me that in the mid 1950s, new mothers would often be given medications to dry up their milk because formula was considered safer. I'm sure there were economic reasons involved as well, but the point is that this was a stupid then as the people are now who pooh-pooh the need for formula.

I’m a mid-50’s baby and my mom told me that in those days, they considered breastmilk inferior. When she had me, the dr asked her, *You’re not going to breast feed, are you?*

She said she wanted to but gave in and did formula. They gave her those hormone pills to dry her up and she told me they didn’t work.

FWIW, she died from very aggressive breast cancer in her mid-60’s. I suspect that getting those hormone treatments five times contributed to it.

Also, breastfeeding is very protective against breast cancer.