The Nestle Boycott ~ A Breastfeeding video!

I am what one might call a lactavist! A breastfeeding supporter!! I have breastfed my three children for a combined total of 7 years! They are the little ones you see in this video. I know and understand sometimes the need to formula feed is there and you can NOT breastfeed for some reason, this isn't about that! If you can't then you can't and I still support you! My personal beliefs are that if you can breastfeed then PLEASE DO SO!!! It is what is best for your baby!!!! Nestlé and Wyeth, two of the World's largest producers of powdered baby milk, are currently breaking a World Health Organization Code on the marketing of breast milk substitutes. I boycott Nestle! This is a video to show my feelings on it! You can agree or you can disagree, I have my feelings on the subject and you are entitled to yours!!

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• Nestle
• Boycott
• Breastfeeding
• Baby
• Milk

[angelahk28f]

Ok, I read up on this issue and educated myself.

The reason they give them formula is because HIV can be transferred to a baby from breast milk. As a preventative they introduced formula to HIV positive moms.

Formula is also a guaranteed source of nutrition. That can be feed by anyone to the baby.

[KlingonLady77]

HIV is a good reason for formula but not every mother in the Third World has HIV. I appreciate you looking further into the issue!! Education is always good.

[angelahk28f]

Lactavist are what I call breastfeeding bullies!

Formula is not some conspiracy, it's not the issue needing to be addressed in 3rd world countries. Malnourished moms probably produce little to no breast milk. Hospital are the one that reaches out and makes the contract with the company. They live with poor hygiene, no sewage system, no running water. maybe work on teaching moms to boil water first. Moms and babies have to drink, bath and clean in water that others use as a restroom.

[KlingonLady77]

The formula itself isn't what is bad. It is the Nestle company that has bad policies. When they make the agreement with the hospitals THEY seek out they are in it for the money and that is where we go wrong. If Nestle was really trying to help these women they would make the formula affordable when they get home from the hospital, bad water isn't the only issue that causes baby death(i agree with teaching to boil), not feeding them enough is also an issue and that is because of no money.

[KlingonLady77]

Also a program like WIC (women infants and children) like they have in the US and Canada, could be put into place to make sure the mothers have the nutrition they need to feed the babies. In some places in the 3rd world it is much easier to obtain food for the mother then formula for the baby, so breastfeeding will of course be easier for those women and they should be encouraged to breastfeed.

[angelahk28f]

@newrecoverynurse Direct quote from UNICEF "If she is severely malnourished, the quantity of breastmilk produced for each feeding may be diminished". One needs adequate hydration and nourishment to produce breast milk. If the mom is dehydrated and hasn't eaten she will not have enough milk.

Food prices around the world have spiked because of higher prices for oil. Many third world counties are eating clay dirt as meals and drinking from polluted rivers.

[newrecoverynurse]

@angelahk28f Malnourished moms do produce adequate breastmilk. Breasts are an amazing creation.Unless mother is for sure HIV positive, she should breastfeed. There are very few mothers whose breasts don't make breastmilk. I've held babies who were dying of malnutrition because they were bottle fed. Some families didn't have enough money, so they diluted the milk too much, others could not clean their bottles or were using dirty water. These are the poor uneducated women that Nestle preys upon.

[angelahk28f]

@MsGbergh Nope. And I was a breast feeding mama.

[MsGbergh]

@angelahk28f This was happening long before HIV. Read the text.  Do you work for a formula company? YOU sound like you do.

[nimajneb2005]

@KlingonLady77 the hospital obviously judges the formula to be the best course of action and i dont see why nestle should feel obligated to make on loss on their formula in thirdword countries. if nestle didnt step in the babies the hospitals judged in need of formula would not have received it. this means they may have got HIV/AIDS, been under nutritioned or possibly even died. ok the situiation is not ideal but they are doing a service to the communities, no?

[cohesian]

i dont get it, why are the babies bottle fed instead of breast fed like other babies in the first place? were the mums forced to give their babies nestle formulas right after labour?

[Ankesche]

@Deedlit79

??????????? Yes, people die, that's true - BUT: they should have a chance to live, before they die. Anywhere!

Yes, it is our home planet, so we all should care about each other - we ARE in the same boat.

Please, don't just let "other peoples' babies" die, just because they are unlucky to live at the wrong place.

Let us all at least TRY do do something to make life better for each other :-)

(By the way: I don't agree with you that most mothers are drinking and on drugs)

[Ankesche]

@Deedlit79

??????????? Yes, people die, that's true - BUT: they should have a chance to live, before they die. Anywhere!

Yes, it is our home planet, so we all should care about each other - we ARE in the same boat.

Please, don't just let "other peoples' babies" die, just because they are unlucky to live at the wrong place.

Let us all at least TRY do do something to make life better for each other :-)

(By the way: I don't agree with you that most mothers are drinking and on drugs)

[hackermd]

Re: HIV in breast mother's milk... Pumped milk can be Flash Pasteurized to kill the HIV present. This milk is STILL safer than ANY artificial formula.