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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/1250026962 Pediatricians say you should but it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, &quotBreast is best,&quot but sends you home with formula &quotjust in case.&quot Your sister-in-law says, &quotOf course you should!&quot Your mother says, &quotI didn't, and you turned out just fine.&quot Celebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to cover up in malls and on airplanes. Breastfeeding is a private act, yet everyone has an opinion about it. How did feeding our babies get so complicated?Journalist and infant health advocate Kimberly Seals Allers breaks breastfeeding out of the realm of &quotpersonal choice&quot and shows our broader connection to an industrialized food system that begins at birth, the fallout of feminist ideals, and the federal policies that are far from family friendly. The Big Letdown uncovers the multibillion-dollar forces battling to replace mothers' milk and the failure of the medical establishment to protect infant health. Weaving together research and personal stories with original reporting on medicine, big pharma, and hospitals, Kimberly Seals Allers shows how mothers and babies have been abandoned by all the forces that should be supporting families from the start--and what we can do to help.

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Pediatricians say you should but it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, &quotBreast is best,&quot but sends you home with formula &quotjust in case.&quot Your sister-in-law says, &quotOf course you should!&quot Your mother says, &quotI didn't, and you turned out just fine.&quot Celebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to cover up in malls and on airplanes. Breastfeeding is a private act, yet everyone has an opinion about it. How did feeding our babies get so complicated?Journalist and infant health advocate Kimberly Seals Allers breaks breastfeeding out of the realm of &quotpersonal choice&quot and shows our broader connection to an industrialized food system that begins at birth, the fallout of feminist ideals, and the federal policies that are far from family friendly. The Big Letdown uncovers the multibillion-dollar forces battling to replace mothers' milk and the failure of the medical establishment to protect infant health. Weaving together research and personal stories with original reporting on medicine, big pharma, and hospitals, Kimberly Seals Allers shows how mothers and babies have been abandoned by all the forces that should be supporting families from the start--and what we can do to help.

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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/1250026962 Pediatricians say you should but

it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, &quotBrest is best,&quotbut sends you home with formula

&quotjusin case.&quotYour sister-in-law says, &quotOfcourse you should!&quotYour mother says,

&quotIdidn't, and you turned out just fine.&quotCelebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet

breastfeeding mothers are asked to cover up in malls and on airplanes. Breastfeeding is a private

act, yet everyone has an opinion about it. How did feeding our babies get so

complicated?Journalist and infant health advocate Kimberly Seals Allers breaks breastfeeding out

of the realm of &quotperonal choice&quotand shows our broader connection to an industrialized

food system that begins at birth, the fallout of feminist ideals, and the federal policies that are far

from family friendly. The Big Letdown uncovers the multibillion-dollar forces battling to replace

mothers' milk and the failure of the medical establishment to protect infant health. Weaving

together research and personal stories with original reporting on medicine, big pharma, and

hospitals, Kimberly Seals Allers shows how mothers and babies have been abandoned by all the

forces that should be supporting families from the start--and what we can do to help.

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