The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) is excited to relaunch its blog in a new home! From this new platform, members of ABM will share breastfeeding-related stories in the news, recent research studies, papers in Breastfeeding Medicine, professional experience managing breastfeeding issues, and other topics. An archive of posts published between 2010 and 2020 can be found here.
Infant formula companies are notorious for mailing unrequested product samples to pregnant women after obtaining personal medical information via predatory marking practices. Many pregnant women on formula companies’ target lists suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth but subsequently receive formula samples in the mail.
Dear ABM Community,
In “Breast or Bottle – The Illusion of Choice,” Dr. Amy J. Kennedy chronicles the difficulties she faced when breastfeeding her baby: