Baltimore Sun

NOT EVERYONE CAN BREASTFEED:

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On social media, some question why mothers don’t turn to breastfeed­ing to deal with the shortage. But many adoptive families rely on formula. Some women have medical conditions or are taking medication­s that interfere with their ability to breastfeed, and some babies have special dietary needs, too. Breastfeed­ing is also “physically taxing, is emotionall­y taxing,” says Dr. Ashanti Woods, a Baltimore pediatrici­an.

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