Then let's discuss this based on the facts and not discourage discussion because people are upset because it reminds them that they had a negative experience.
I believe there is one truth out there, we just don't (and sometimes can't ever) have enough information to know what it is all of the time. That's why we discuss it and examine the merits of each point.
In regards to your example, I would still guess that there was a contributing factor. Your friend who was an LC was presumably working outside the home, giving bottles? In her situation that may have been a contributing factor. Others may have been more subtle. Some breastfeeding relationships are more tenuous than others and cannot take what would otherwise be a mild hit.
And just because she was unable to get her babies to continue breastfeeding despite using all the tricks/techniques that she knows, does not mean that there was not a problem. Some problems can't be overcome despite using all of our knowledge currently. But to extend my analogy from above, just because I do everything right for my patient, all the right fluids/meds/surgical interventions, and he still dies, that doesn't all of a sudden mean he died of natural causes.
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shannon
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