First - you may disagree with me all you like - in fact I encourage it.

Secondly - I think the point being made is that often breast milk is not being treated as a premium product. It's free - take it or leave it - we often place more value on premium coffee etc.

It's a personal choice. What I would rather see is more support given to mothers no matter what their choice - it is their choice and they make that choice for a variety of reasons. I cannot help but think though if breast milk was considered a premium product - more of it would be used.

I wonder, if we bottled it, put a premium label on it and put it on a supermarket shelf - would more mothers use it.

but isnt breast milk the premium product?? yes you can argue otherwise and argue well however science replicating nature would fall short of the premium product.

personally i havent been around people or information that would not accept this as the premium product whereas you seem to have been in circles were this has been mentioned. hence it is clearer where you are coming from now.

if you bottle breastmilk it would become denatured therefore the term premium would be made redundant. so fresh is best and = premium  lol

in an age when we are eating more and more processed foods, when apples and oranges etc are 6 months old and sold as fresh(wonder what the vitamin content would be) when meat is pumped full of hormones and the list could go on, would breast milk  be considered premium? what role does the body play in overcoming the lack of nutrition?does bad food habits or lack of good food contribute to a boderline product? personally they are just thoughts and have not read any scientific research into these areas however if you have any thoughts i would be interested to learn more

cheers rue

on the topic of premium coffee

lol when to check if u had any further thoughts and realised i left it hanging at coffee! god only knows what i was going to say there! after all wasnt it something like 2 in the morning!

I think somehow we are arguing the same point but from different directions. I totally agree that breast is best and fresh is best and that the premium milk is fresh breast (sounds good coming from a male - but then again (lol))

The point I guess I am making is that sometimes mother's themselves don't put the premium tag on it and jump straight into formula without at least attempting breast feeding.

I know there are many woment who cannot breast feed and my criticism is not directed towards them - but I have met many women who wont breast feed for reasons as simple as not wanting saggy boobs. I mean c'mon.

Les

I'm going to butt in and say that Les is a male, of course he is going to think breast is best.  If he had his way, I'd be breastfeeding him!

I tried to breastfeed with each of our girls, with mixed success, and think there are benefits in both, as does Les (just ask him! any excuse to take my baby off me).

just caught that before me bedtime

i just took it for granted that women accept this point we agree on.......and ploughed ahead not thinking that some women have a differnt view! lol