I understand that as a developing country not everybody gets a good science (anatomy and reproductive health) education, so it was no surprise that I heard many many myths about breastfeeding. Even the real science behind bfing can be bizarre after all, why wouldn't the whole mystical process inspire mistaken conclusions about how best to bf your baby? A couple of the strangest I encountered:
1. The left boob only has water, and the right boob has rice (this is Asia after all, rice is a staple so why shouldn't Asian mommies have rice in their breastmilk)? This only naturally means that the baby should drink from both at all meals.
2. Don't breastfeed if you're tired, cranky, or in a bad mood because your milk will be sour. Who wants to drink sour milk? Maybe this one was thought up by a tired and cranky mom to get her husband to take better care of her.
We live in the city so we don't hear a lot of these, but whenever I visit my in-laws in the province their helper likes to school me on all things baby and breastfeeding. She thinks using a baby carrier/sling will make the kid bow-legged...so there...
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