07/01/2026
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Up to 50% of mothers think they have low supply due to their bodys failure.
Which is a gap created almost entirely by system-made barriers, not biology.
Primary (true physiological inability) is rare.
There are indeed biological conditions where the body cannot make enough milk even with perfect management, access and resources.
Examples:
⚡️insufficient glandular tissue (IGT)
⚡️pituitary failure / Sheehan’s
⚡️congenital breast tissue abnormalities
⚡️permanent endocrine disorders
⚡️certain breast surgeries
It’s not that “most people can’t breastfeed.”
It’s that most people were never given a real chance to.
Most parents who say they “couldn’t” breastfeed were actually dealing with:
đź’ĄHospital practices that sabotage supply from the first hour
đź’ĄUnnecessary inductions and epidurals timed poorly, causing sleepy babies
đź’ĄRoutine separation instead of immediate, uninterrupted skin-to-skin
đź’ĄChronic lack of professional lactation support
đź’ĄPediatricians who give formula samples before they give evidence-based help
đź’ĄPoor latch support, rushed nurses, and outdated information
đź’ĄPressure to schedule-feed, when milk supply is built by demand
đź’ĄTrauma, birth interventions, and postpartum complications that are commonly iatrogenic
đź’ĄA society that gives you a pump and no paid leave
💥Partners and family members who don’t know how to support a breastfeeding dyad
đź’ĄMedicalization of normal cluster feeding, making parents think something is wrong
đź’ĄStress(even stressing about making milk)
đź’ĄBaby in the NICU
đź’ĄBad lactation advice from friends and family
đź’ĄKnockout bottles
đź’ĄPerceived inability
đź’ĄOral ties
đź’ĄInsufficient milk removal
đź’ĄPumping
đź’ĄIntroducing bottles and pacifiers too early
đź’ĄFeeding your freezer instead of the baby
đź’ĄTopping baby off with formula
đź’ĄNo co-sleeping
đź’ĄPostpartum mood disorders
đź’ĄPoor nutrition
đź’ĄNot drinking enough water
đź’ĄPoor gut health
đź’ĄAlcohol, drug and ni****ne consumption
đź’ĄViolence
đź’ĄGiving baby bigger bottles instead of pace bottle feeding
đź’ĄLack of lactation education
đź’ĄMĂ©dications
đź’ĄHospitalization of the parent(car accident, surgery etc)
đź’ĄParent becoming sick with a virus etc
👆🏽this and more are SECONDARY inability!
Which means the breasts can make milk, but something outside the breast is interfering with the process.
It’s not that the body can’t do it.
It’s that another condition or situation is blocking, reducing, or disrupting milk production.
The majority of people physiologically can produce milk.
What they have a hard time doing is overcoming a system built to interrupt, interfere, and undermine on top of everything else that can happen in life.
So when someone says, “I couldn’t breastfeed,” the truth is often:
You weren’t supported.
You were set up.
Your body wasn’t the problem, the system was.
