The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding

Unveiling the Hidden Forces that Fail to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies

Pediatricians say you should but it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, "Breast is best," but sends you home with formula "just in case." Your sister-in-law says, "Of course you should!" Your mother says, "I didn't, and you turned out just fine." Celebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to cover up in malls and on airplanes. Breastfeeding is a private act, yet ever...