It really is a minefield. Some women can't breastfed for various reasons, but the vast majority can. The problem is that most women who fail to breastfeed feel an actual form of grief, so we create these fluffy campaigns luke "fed is best" to try and ease their sadness and pain. Its a problem because most babies SHOULD be breastfed and theres no reason why not if the woman has no medical issues that prevent it. Medical staff in maternity havent got a clue though and in America in particular they just push bottles on women who are still learning to bf and have difficulty, because of the focus on "fed is best". Choosing to bottle feed from day 1 is absurd and detrimental to your child and I wont tiptoe around that. I am extremely pro breast feeding and wont apologise to the bottle mums who just "didnt want to". I will however save some compassion for the women who were let down or couldnt physically produce.