re: What does a "lactation consultant" do?

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Beast milk is wayyyyyyyyy better than formula, not marginally better like you claim. And medical science backs me on this one. How does a baby get its immune system for the first six months? From mothers milk. Breast feeding has also been linked with increased IQ. Were you bottle fed?

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LMAO don't be a dumbshit...

A baby "gets its immune system" by being born with an immune system. A baby's "immune system" isn't some sort of magical milk-based phenomenon. It's a series of tangible, observable biological processes carried out by organs and cells within the body. A normal human embryo will develop a spleen, thymus, lymph nodes and so forth...these things don't come from drinking titty milk.

After birth, some antibodies in the mother's system can transfer from breastmilk to a baby through the GI tract. The only well-documented effect of this is related to the development of a baby's gut flora.

From a practical standpoint, this is only really relevant for babies in terms of contaminated food and water sources during the early months of life when a baby wouldn't otherwise have the gut flora necessary for surviving explosive third world diarrhea. It actually has very little relevance for people in developed countries.


The IQ thing is bunk and has been proven false by numerous twins studies. It's basically an old wives' tale that grew out of flawed studies.