
And this was even more annoying because it was offered by the university system where my wife works and where we receive our medical care, so it carried the imprimatur of considerable medical authority. Less a class about breast-feeding and more of a commercial for breast-feeding. Note, she hasn’t studied breast-feeding or anything-she has to google it the same as me-but she has a certain level of moral authority when it comes to scientific data. Unfortunately it’s hard for me to argue these points, because my wife has an MD and a PhD and is a professor of immunology and infectious disease. If you look deep into the data, you’ll find that the benefits aren’t necessarily there. Personally, I am a breast-feeding skeptic.


“Matriphagy” was inspired by a breast-feeding class my wife and I took during the last few months of her pregnancy.
