Breastmilk Less Contaminated than Thought
February 15, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Breastfeeding
Old barriers to breatfeeding are falling away.
In the past, mothers were told not to extend breastfeeding for fear of passing toxins stored in body fat to their infants. While the argument that even an extremely obese woman would have as many contaminants in her body as a 1200 pound cow didn’t hold much weight with many nursing mothers, it was widely believed and prevented many women from nursing as long as they would have preferred.
