Whatever. if it comes down to baby having pumped breast milk or baby going hungry then you give bub the pumped breast milk and know that you are doing a good thing. Seriosuly can these researchers spend them time on more important things rather then trying to find ever single angle to tear woman down.

As the last line reads, ”further research is needed…”

Interesting – but not everyone can choose what their body will do around feeding.

Although the pressure to breastfeed is high, this article is interesting. It makes me contemplate why I’m trying to pump so much.

If it prompts more mothers to breast feed instead of pumping then good, because it is better for baby and mum too, and of course pumping is better than formula.

Really? It sounded like the study released findings then wasn’t sure and the findings needed more research. Not everyone can breastfeed, and not everyone who breastfeeds can do skin-to-skin contact all the time. Let’s stop putting pressure on feeding our babies and know that Mums will always do what’s best for them.

Well unfortunately some women don’t have the luxury of always being able to be there. Studies aside a) it’s better than formula and b) it doesn’t seem to hurt.

So when the baby drinks the milk that has been expressed his oral cavity will once again shape the milks microbiota.

I could only pump for my first born, she wouldn’t latch on and I didn’t want to purely formula feed so I extracted as much as I could. I wonder if it also comes down to how you deal with it afterwards and how it is stored with regards to these bacteria?

I do think that breastmilk is adjusted to your baby’s needs indeed. For some mums pumped breastmilk is the only way. Still think it’s better the formula. And where does this leave donor milk ?

With each new study I am glad my BF days are behind me. It is getting harder and scarier to look after babies with each new study that comes out.

Breastmilk that is expressed can be frozen for a limited amount of time. In a dire emergency if used within the time limit it is better than trying to get a baby to take formula instead of slow introduction.

So they didn’t see the woman who has on boob for her newborn and one for her toddler and the difference in her milk for each child

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  • • tashcat replied
    • 19 Feb 2019 , 1:11 am

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  That actually supports this article. They’re saying that the baby/child’s oral bacteria affects the milk. Thus the milk being different from each breast with different children

Interesting. It’s true that the babies oral bacteria affects breastmilk. I read that if a baby is getting sick their oral bacteria signals the mothers breastmilk to contain more antibodies to help protect them against it.

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  • • mom265671 replied
    • 18 Feb 2019 , 10:11 pm

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  That’s very interesting and amazing that our bodies can do this for a child

This is just another ploy to put down mother’s that find it hard to breastfeed but want to still do what they can for Thier baby.
Enough with these silly studies. All mums out there, do what you think is best when breast, express or bottle feeding.

Are you kidding me?! At least the babies are getting breast milk. Some mums have no choice but to pump. Surely the extra bacteria will be good in building their immune system?? As if mums aren’t slammed enough 🙁

Surely still better than formula though?

Definitely need to research this more because people put themselves through the ringer pumping when their baby won’t latch.