Is breast milk from a smoking mother better than formula?

[Pax]

What do you think?

DO you think the breast milk of a smoker is better for a baby than formula?

[sam's mum]

The hierarchy of supply by the ABA is:

Breastmilk from a non smoking mother
Breastmilk from a smoking mother
formula from a non smoking mother
formula from a smoking mother.

I agree with this. I think that the benefits from the breastmilk outweigh the negatives. especially because a lot of the negatives come from the second and third hand smoke, and the baby is going to get those regardless of whether they are breast or formula fed.

[justmum]

Of course it is.

It absolutely staggers me that anyone has voted no.

[Jensha]

i think formula would be better

[Dilga]

Breast milk is always better.
Even donated ebm from a smoker is better then formula

[Hootenanny]

Definately breastmilk.
Sids even had this on their website;

Sources of environmental tobacco smoke exposure
A case-control study found that cotinine (a metabolite of nicotine) levels in body fluids and
hair of babies were not significantly higher in breast fed babies whose mothers smoked than
compared to bottle fed babies with mothers who smoked, suggesting that the transfer of
nicotine and cotinine in breast milk was not a significant factor and that passive smoking was the major cause of the observed high levels.

Research has also shown that it is not just smoking around the baby that is dangerous but also smokers being in close contact with the baby as they continue to exhale toxic fumes after smoking.
I can't believe that with all of the publicity surrounding Sids that parents are still misinformed or unaware, they might need to do some more promotion on this subject.

[Jensha]

Makes it sound like people will think it's ok to smoke while breastfeeding then?
If the facts are there to back them up?!?!

[Blueberry Crumble]

I would rather my baby had formula that smokers breastmilk <text deleted by mod>

[TeenyT]

These threads always end in tears!

[PeppaH]

Im not voting because I wouldnt care either way. <text deleted> Each to their own...