Daily News | Parents who use infant formula deal with stigma as well as a shortage
in the hospital or at home, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
When breastfeeding is not going well, a parent’s mental health can suffer. They can feel inadequate if they don’t think they’re producing enough milk and be in pain if the baby cannot properly latch on.
Still, parents often struggle with the decision to switch to formula, especially if they were committed to the idea of breastfeeding, she said. This was Lockerman’s experience after her daughter, Sophie, struggled to latch properly. She worried constantly that her baby wasn’t getting enough to eat.
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