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Disadvantages of breast feeding

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Possible disadvantages of breast feeding include:

  • disruption of other activities
  • sore, cracked or bleeding nipples
  • mastitis or breast abscess
  • transmission of drugs and infection from mother to baby in her milk
  • takes longer than bottle feeding

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