https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:41:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344715 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:09:36 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 344715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I agree with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344659 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:43:31 +0000 loveisstrange 344659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: YES. I had typed a post trying to say something similar but you said it much better than I. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344658 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:42:08 +0000 Honeybee 344658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll add one last comment that I think part of the stigma that comes from formula feeding is the idea that formula is not an equal alternative to breastmilk. I've often come across the idea that formula should only be used if breastfeeding isn't working; in other words, that breastmilk is always best first choice, and formula is an inferior alternative that should only be used if breastfeeding doesn't work out. And, well, I guess I kind of see breastmilk and formula as equal alternatives, neither one better than the other. In my mind, the nutritional superiority of one may be cancelled out by the emotional/physical/etc... superiority of the other. I don't think one is inherently better than the other, but depending on the circumstances, one may be a better fit. Does that make sense? </p> <p>I wish that we could get to a point where all parenting choices are accepted as equal alternatives, as long as the child is being well cared for. Because, honestly, breastfeeding is such a small issue in the grand scheme of things. In the end, it's 1-2 years out of a lifetime of parenting choices, and there are many, many issues that will have a much bigger impact on the life of a child than whether s/he was breastfed. (Ditto to the natural birthing stigma; it's literally one of the smallest impact decisions a parent will ever make). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344628 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:24:25 +0000 Springtime 344628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live in southern Oklahoma and hardly anybody here Breastfeeds, they may "try" it at the beginning but do not try harder or change things up to make it work. I know most people just go straight to formula feeding. I only breastfed for 3 months bc I was working full time An it was so stressful, my job didn't support offering a pumping spot(bc no one around here works and pumps) so I had to go home on my lunch breaks and pump. Only had 30 min lunch breaks and I live 10 mins away. So I was only pumping once in about a 9 hr span. My supply dropped drastically and eventually dried up.. I got so many comments like wow your still Breastfeeding or I can't believe you use your lunch breaks to pump. I did not have a very good Breastfeeding support group, anytime we would come across a problem the solution was to "well you should switch to formula and this wouldn't happen"</p> <p>I probably wouldn't have breastfed and tried hard to make it work if it wasn't for the online communities I am apart of, or the blogs I read, simply because its just not the norm here. I'm so glad I did breastfeed Even if it was just 3 months. I feel like LO greatly benefited from it and wish I was still bf'ing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344620 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:17:59 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 344620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I agree with the whole "dancing around in field with a natural/uncomplicated childbirth thing."<br /> I felt a lot of guilt for having a medically assisted childbirth (I was induced) thanks to documentaries/books/forums. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344613 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:15:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 344613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: my FIL is absolutely the most awkward person in the world about nursing. I was over at their house the other day nursing on the couch WITH MY COVER and he walked in, so that i was nursing, and then walked back out and sat on the porch until I finished. It made me feel like I had the plague. Seriously, I HAVE A COVER ON! It is only a big deal if you make it a big deal.... lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344588 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:02:56 +0000 yoursilverlining 344588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think there definitely is a stigma; I think there is a stigma for a lot of things that are anything less than prancing happily around in a field of wildflowers while you naturally give birth without complications since that’s what “women are made/built to do” and you just have to “trust yourself”.</p> <p>My milk never came in; neither did my co-workers wife’s and a good friend of ours had to switch to a bottle because her baby could not figure out how to latch properly (even after hiring 2 lactation consultants). Women have always had trouble breast-feeding; that’s why there have always been wet nurses. Today instead of having to hire a wet nurse, we can formula feed.</p> <p>I think a lot of the nutritional value of breast milk would depend on what the mother is eating; wouldn’t it? If she isn’t getting a balanced diet – might it be just as healthy to formula feed where the baby will get a wider range of vitamins and minerals? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344560 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:56:40 +0000 shortcake 344560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hummusgirl: congrats on the baby and sorry to hear you are going through some BF problems. I have a great LC if you need a recommendation. </p> <p>I just want to add that the new law is not a formula ban. It simply limits the free samples that formula manufacturers hand out to new parents as a way to encourage breastfeeding. It has been shown that some new parents turn to formula samples when they are having difficulty breastfeeding and since formula is way sweeter and more filling that breastmilk, babies may not want breastmilk after tasting formula thus creating a taste preference for formula and lower milk production. So, all you have to do to get your free samples is to request them, they are still available and easy to get and free. And there are stores that sell formula on every corner. I think hospitals should encourage breastfeeding while making formula available as well. I don't think any mom should judge any other mom on her decision to feed her baby, but I do think there are some parents out there who give up BF'ing because there is formula around. The sooner a baby takes to formula, especially the brand they already have on hand, the more profits for the manufacturer. That is the only reason the samples are free to being with. There is a pure profit motive behind that free sample.</p> <p>I hope breastfeeding gets better for you. It got a lot easier for me right around 4 weeks and we are still going at 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344540 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:48:47 +0000 sarac 344540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: We're just not going to find common ground on that part. But I think we're both pretty clearly saying that we want the judgement removed. I especially hate to see the judgement of women like you, who didn't even get to make the choice, they just had it made for them.</p> <p>As an aside, the only reason I mention that women like you are rare is that so many women who's milk comes in a little slow (like me, didn't come in until day 4), or isn't strong at first, get told that they're 'not producing enough' and that they need to supplement with formula. Then a vicious cycle starts and their breasts don't get the stimulation needed to produce more and they never make enough milk. And then they feel like they failed to meet their goals, when if they'd just had the right support, they could have established a good supply and breastfed for as long as they chose. This is such a common story, and it is so avoidable. That's my only point, there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344189 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:30:14 +0000 prettylizy 344189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around my area (Southwestern Ontario) I see much more FF babies than EBF babies and I feel like the odd one out all the time. DD is 7 months old and people keep saying "Oh you're still nursing?" or "When are you going to switch her to formula?". On top of that I get a lot of "No one else can feed her" (wrong) "Doesn't seem like she's eating enough" (wrong) and the worst for me is when I take out my COVER and nurse her people will literally clear the room. It makes me sad that feeding my little girl means everyone will just quietly make an excuse to leave the room because it makes them uncomfortable, so I sit alone, or maybe with DH if he's there.<br /> What it all boils down to is that on both sides of the fence, we're feeling beat up about how/what/when we feed our babies, and I think that is because of the crazy mommy wars that exist and the guilt that we place on ourselves. Bottom line, every mother has to make a choice for their child, and everyone else has to mind their own beeswax!! lol! We've got to stop hating on eachother so the world will stop hating on us :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344148 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:57:52 +0000 winniebee 344148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Agree : / </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-344045 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:43:13 +0000 loveisstrange 344045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: well, you just met one of those very rare people who had absent prolactin. It was due to medical complications during delivery.</p> <p>@sarac: There have also been studies done that look into how big of a nutritional gap there really is. How much the rate of illness is in ff vs bf babies... All kinds of things. You know what? The difference if much, much less than most would lead women to believe. Its, honestly, pretty negligible. No woman should have breastfeeding shoved down her throat because the fact of the matter is that there ARE women who simply choose not to BF. Why should they be treated as less because of that? Doctors and hospitals shouldnt be supporting one decision over the other. Why? Because its none of their business how a mother choses to feed her child. We should be giving women the education they need to make a decision for themselves and then staying out of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343643 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:34:01 +0000 sarac 343643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: See, that part is hard for me, because it's pretty scientifically established that breastfeeding is nutritionally the absolute best. I don't think that can be argued. Formula doesn't have a lot of the benefits that breastmilk does, hands down. </p> <p>I prefer to frame it in terms of mothering in general. Breastmilk is the best nutrition choice, ok. But a mother who is horribly stressed and unhappy to be breastfeeding? Not worth it. A mother who has to spend every one of her breaks at work pumping and comes home miserable and can't parent well? Not worth it. A mother who has to starve herself to breastfeed an allergenic child? Absolutely not worth it, in my opinion. </p> <p>I think that the overall choice to feed your baby in a way that makes you sane and happy is the best choice. I do think that breastfeeding should be promoted and supported first, because it's the best choice nutritionally. But the actual best choice is the one that lets you be a happy mother, and that's what I'd really like to see supported. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343629 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:28:41 +0000 Honeybee 343629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: I understand what you mean that for most women breastfeeding is physically possible. Very few women suffer from actual medical conditions that would prevent them from breastfeeding. The issue, to me, is that breastfedding may be physically possible, it may impossible for other reasons such as work/career (not all occupations are able to feed or pump during the work day), emotional/psychological reasons, finances, family structure, etc... Personally, I probably would have been physically able to breastfeed but it would have been impossible due to emotional/psychological issues. I could have produced milk, but emotionally I wouldn't have been able to struggle through and persevere without some major damage.</p> <p>The biggest problem I have with labeling these issues as a choice not to breastfeed rather than an inability to breastfeed is that its pretty widely regarded that breastfeeding is the BEST choice. If a mother chooses not to give her child the best, what kind of parent is she? That's the stigma I see with the bf vs ff debate: breastfeeding is the best and any woman who is physically capable of it but chooses not to is a sub-par parent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343596 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:15:17 +0000 MsMini 343596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is such a stigma attached to FF. I think that people get pretty high and mighty about EBF, and the evidence that 'proves' it is better is actually quite thin. Many of the studies that show that EBF is better don't correct for SES etc.</p> <p>I do EBF my baby, but I don't think that it IS healthier for every mom and every baby. One has to take into account health isn't just about the body. The emotional, spiritual, and physical health all are factors, and for many parents, EBF isn't the healthiest option for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343586 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:05:17 +0000 sarac 343586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: </p> <p>"Also, historically (pioneers again), women had a large support system (parents, grandparents, religious groups, etc) so there were many who could help "teach" breastfeeding. Since then, we have moved from our support systems and have lost some of that support for learning the skills. We have lost our support for other things as well with this move from familial groupings."</p> <p>I think this is 90% of the problem. Women don't know how to breastfeed (I sure as heck didn't) because they don't watch their mothers or sisters or friends do it. Doctors don't often teach them, nurses only sometimes. Misinformation is everywhere, and all of it from people who just want what's best for everyone. </p> <p>I think this is the root of the issue, honestly. I wish that everyone who wanted to could breastfeed, and that so many women didn't feel like they couldn't. And I want people who truly don't want to breastfeed to be able to do it without judgement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343582 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:00:44 +0000 sarac 343582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I mean, I know women who have nursed through low birth weight, through terrible painful thrush, through frequent low volume feedings. My own sister nursed through a bad milk/soy/wheat allergy and really suffered not being able to eat much. I dealt with a baby who wanted to cluster feed for 3-4 hours in the evenings for the first few months of her life. And frequent low volume feeds, and low birth weight and slow weight gain. I had a lot of people ask when I planned to supplement. </p> <p>Nursing can be hard, I get it. But the woman who physically cannot due to low or absent prolactin, or absent milk producing tissue, is very very rare. Instead, many women have difficulties, and they don't have the support, or the help, or the energy to get past it. And who would, when most of us have to go back to work after 6 or 8 weeks, and we barely have any family around to help so we carry the load ourselves, and we've lost all this cultural knowledge about breastfeeding to the point where women who need and want help don't get it. </p> <p>I just think it would be more productive to admit that 99% of women who use formula made a choice. I think the stigma needs to be removed from that so that they don't feel shamed. If you don't want to breastfeed, that should be ok. If you want to but find it so hard for WHATEVER reason, that should be ok. All of these things should be ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343577 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:51:13 +0000 brownie 343577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that some of this has a good amount of history to it. Obviously, way way way back in the day (think pioneers and earlier) everyone breast fed or had wet nurses because alternatives were not really available. I would bet there was a lot of stigma then on formula feeding because it wasn't done. Then early in this century, formula became more and more available. It was originally a luxury because of the price. Ultimately what happens with luxuries is that everyone wants one (think iPhone and now it isn't a luxury). So, this wasn't so much stigmatized as much as coveted.</p> <p>The US especially moved from breastfeeding to formula feeding. At that point, those that breastfed were stigmatized. That is when breastfeeding women yearned for support and the ability to feel "normal". I know that I have heard of women being told that breastfeeding was "low class" since it was free and women who have money wouldn't do it. </p> <p>I think now, we are coming to the other side of the pendulum in which breastfeeding is needing less support (as far as the, for lack of another word, choice, not the difficulty of doing it). Now, formula feeding needs many of the support that the breastfeeders needed earlier. </p> <p>Also, historically (pioneers again), women had a large support system (parents, grandparents, religious groups, etc) so there were many who could help "teach" breastfeeding. Since then, we have moved from our support systems and have lost some of that support for learning the skills. We have lost our support for other things as well with this move from familial groupings.</p> <p>I am not saying either is bad and I would hope that one day it wouldn't matter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343547 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:30:02 +0000 winniebee 343547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Picking up on one of your comments, my feeling is that part of the stigma is that women "choose" not to do it. Honestly, I worked really hard to BF my son but he was low birth weight and was never a good nurser and then, at 6 weeks old, cut nursing sessions to 5 minutes total (only taking 1.5 ounces) and would cry and cry. I paid for an LC to work with me but in the end it just didn't work out so I started exclusively pumping....but then gave that up when I faced an elimination diet since turns out my son had MSPI. </p> <p>So I guess that's part of my hang up. People assume if you FF you chose not to BF, but that's not always the case. And even if it is the case, many times mom chose to give up BF because it was extremely stressful and/or not working out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding/page/2#post-343534 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:05:16 +0000 Dapple Grey 343534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's definitely alive and well in terms of stigmas in the online community. </p> <p>I always assumed most women formula fed and it was the rare occasion to meet someone who BF'ed..or it was a thing of "older generations" . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-343522 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:56:01 +0000 sarac 343522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I mean, breastfeeding the healthiest choice for baby and mother, so it's easy to see why it's the default and most supported choice. It's also some of the hardest work I've ever done, so I wish that there was less stigma against people who choose not to do it. I really understand why people do. I wish the entire act of feeding your child was less political - I wish women had more support and help to breastfeed, and then I wish there was less judgement about formula feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-343485 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:38:34 +0000 hummusgirl 343485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live in NYC where the stigma is government-sponsored! Mayor Bloomberg started a program that involves locking up formula in hospitals so it's not as readily available as it once was (contributing to the "formula as poison" way of thinking) and ads in the subway about how much more beneficial breastfeeding is. It's infuriating! As if new moms who may be dealing with low supply, difficulty latching, supplementing with formula, baby not gaining weight, etc. need to be further guilted by a judgy subway ad. She's probably already cried herself to sleep more than once, thankyouverymuch. (Can you tell I have a 3-week-old and am in the throes of breastfeeding difficulties? Touchy subject...) </p> <p>More here: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/health/hospitals-ditch-formula-samples-to-promote-breast-feeding.html?nl=health&#038;emc=edit_hh_20121016" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/health/hospitals-ditch-formula-samples-to-promote-breast-feeding.html?nl=health&#038;emc=edit_hh_20121016</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-343419 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:59:34 +0000 regberadaisy 343419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on your circle. Most moms I know have BF a try then gave up. My mom loves to tell me to give formula so that m will sleep better at night! There's no concrete backing on that theory!</p> <p>That said we do supplement bc I don't have enough of a supply for her. But I plan to go as long as I can and right now my goal is a year. If I can keep the same output till she's one I'll be very happy! I think ppl are a little surprised to hear that I plan to go past '6 months. It seems to be a common stopping point probably bc it coincides with solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-343063 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:45:07 +0000 blackbird 343063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's definitely here, too, but it's about 50/50 amongst my friends as far as who breastfeeds past a few months. After a few months back to work, traveling, etc, everyone gives in to formula. No big deal. But if you don't EBF in the beginning, it's because you are lazy and selfish. It's really obnoxious. My mom is totally a boob nazi and I am soooo not looking forward to that. She keeps insisting that I *have* to do it and always asks me which of my friends are breastfeeding, and if i say they aren't, she tsk-tsks it. </p> <p>I don't know what I'm going to do because I don't feel SO strongly about it that I'm going to make something happen that isn't working out, but it saddens me that there are such ignorant people out there. Formula fed babies are not drastically behind breastfed babies. You could look at a thousand other "things" that the nazi breastfeeding moms could be doing to make their kids "healthier", statistically speaking, but the extremists latch onto breastfeeding like OMG IT'S THE BEST, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. You do what you can when you're a mom. Period. Seriously, why someone gives a crap what you feed your kid is beyond me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-342963 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:20:34 +0000 SugarplumsMom 342963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I completely felt bad about FF in the beginning. Until I went to a party at my in-laws and one of his aunt's totally made me feel better about it. It was such a random act of kindness (and totally unexpected) that I ended up locking myself in the bathroom and cried! I was just so touched. Since then, I could care less what ppl think. I'm tired of feeling like a leper for doing what I can to feed my baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-342944 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:15:07 +0000 heffalump 342944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt it online and in real life. I was always so embarrassed when I was out in public and broke out a bottle for LO. I felt like everyone around me was looking and judging. I'm so much happier now that LO is eating finger food and I don't have to worry about that stuff anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-342933 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:11:04 +0000 winniebee 342933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I feel like there is a stigma (even a subtle one on HB) against formula feeding and in my area (Boston). I tried BF from the breast and went to pumping at 6 weeks because my LO was small, I was stressed about how much milk he was getting, and we couldn't get into a good BF groove. Even when I bottle fed pumped milk I felt like people judged me when I whipped out a bottle. At 4.5 months we switched to special formula because my son actually had MSPI and after over 2 months of cutting dairy from my diet, I couldn't do it anymore. He's 5 months now and is totally formula fed (special formula) and I feel like I have to explain to people why he is formula fed or I have to justify it. Or that people think I'm selfish for not doing an elimination diet for him. I know part of it is my own guilt because I suppose I could have kept up with dietary restrictions and kept pumping. But pumping is a major pain and I was miserable on the no dairy diet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-342910 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:03:26 +0000 twinmama 342910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: I think we're the next city south from you ;) most of my mom friends are in portland though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-342906 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:01:56 +0000 stargal 342906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rainbowsprinkles: thanks! its more of a mental thing i guess, i know that its better for both mine and his wellbeing that im happy. its just hard to accept that it didnt work for us :( also think as a ebf momma you started this thread is great! you seem very open-minded which is awesome.</p> <p>@zippyleaf: thanks! im trying to not feel like one, ive gotten alot better since we first started with the guilt but it still does bother me.<br /> and i cant beleive someone would say you were posioning your daughter!?!?! omg. what a jerk!<br /> @honeybee: thanks for you kind words, i know in the long scheme of things it wont really make a dffernece if he was breastfed or not, its just hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-that-there-is-a-stigma-against-formula-feeding#post-342892 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:56:19 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 342892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: I agree that formula feeding is probably THE MOST stigmatized issue when it comes to parenting..<br /> I was going to ask you about the breastfeeding/formula feeding culture in the UK but you answered my question! </p>