Sir - Reading Maureen Fallon's letter regarding breast feeding rates, I cannot help wondering has she. personal experience of breast feeding.
I have no doubt that it is the "best possible method of feeding infants". However, it is not always easy. My three children were breast fed, but not without considerable time, effort and heartache on my part.
The midwives may be committed to promoting, protecting and supporting breast feeding, but in my experience the wards seemed understaffed - particularly at night and the midwives too busy to devote the time necessary to support and help the breast feeding mother. - Yours, etc.,
Hillside,
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Greystones,
Co Wicklow.