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iBreastfeed - Get over it!
Myths
ALL of the statements below are NOT TRUE - they are common myths that often put women off breastfeeding:
- Some women do not produce enough breast milk to feed their baby
- Breastfeeding hurts
- Mums should wash their nipples before breastfeeding
- Breast milk does not contain enough iron
- It is easier to bottle feed than breastfeed
- Breastfeeding ties women down
- Formulas contain the same nutrients as breast milk
- Women who breastfeed must eat a restricted diet
- Women who breastfeed should eat and drink more in order to produce enough milk
- Women who smoke should not breastfeed
- Women who have had breast augmentation surgery should not breastfeed
- Women who have had breast reduction surgery should not breastfeed
- Women with small breasts produce less milk than women with large breasts
- Women who breastfeed cannot take the contraceptive pill
- Babies need other types of milk after six months
- Women who have had X-rays should not breastfeed
- Breast milk can dry up
- A baby shouldn’t be fed both breast milk and formula
- There is no such thing as nipple confusion
- A woman who becomes pregnant must stop breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding twins is too difficult to manage
- Women whose breasts do not grow during pregnancy will not produce enough milk
- Women should not breastfeed a baby older than 12 months
- If a woman takes a break from breastfeeding, the milk will turn sour
- Women should not get a perm or dye her hair whilst breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding makes your breasts saggy