The importance of breast milk... Something's we cannot repair later on ...

Ah , the eternal fight over breast milk...

It's quite simple, when you think...
We are mammals, hence where "Mamma" comes from...
We have milk, why spend money on something we have?

Unless, for some medical reason the mother can't produce milk...

My son was born 14 weeks prematurely, and my body only gave milk for 3 days. I tried a multitude of natural products to increase milk production, to no avail.

The birth of a human determines a lot of things in it's life...
One of them is the "gut flora" (microorganisms in the digestive tract)
This will determine future digestion, and therefor it will have an impact on the future health issues of your growing child... All the way to adulthood.

My little guy is 8 years old now, and has digestive problems since he made the switch from diapers to toilet !

No doctor has been able to help, and I even got some lethal advice at one point... Mineral oil was "prescribed" by his pediatrician to help pass feces... I visited her every 2 weeks... and yet the only change (at that time a 3 year old toddler) was loosing a good (worrisome) amount of weight.

I later found out that mineral oil cotes the stomach and therefor, food just "passes through" ... It was like I was starving my baby !

I found a herbalist, and her "Marshmallow root powder" helped immediately.

Nowadays, he's been complaining about stomach cramps.
And being put on a 2 year waiting list to see a gastro intestinal specialist, is the response I've gotten from our lovely health care system.
Being able to do more... I didn't just sit back and wait ... I researched again...

So now he's been on probiotics for 4 weeks.

He even comes home from school and takes it himself, because he is so happy that it works.

I don't know yet, how long it will help... Through trial, error, and time we can find solutions.
Whereas "waiting for a doctor's appointment" ... well... nothing gets done.

I do know, through much research that most "premies" have some digestive problems, and that brings me to understand the importance of breast milk!

Remember, it's your decision, and it's one that you cannot go back on ...