Feminists

He was never given formula ever and did not have any solids until he was 6 months old. I stopped breast feeding around 20 months.
While this required a lot of discipline and dedication on my part, I am glad that I did it.
He was not sick at all during his time with only breast milk as nourishment. I did not have to waste any money on formula. I did not have to worry about preparing a bottle in the middle of the night or when we were out. I was below my pre pregnancy weight when he was 6 months old.
What I did have to worry about though was pumping at work. I was allowed to do this most of the time, although sometimes the room suddenly became occupied at my usual time. A few people started to give me grief by the time he was six months old. I also worried about people disapproving of me breast feeding in public. This did keep me going places less than I probably would have otherwise. It also meant breast feeding in the parking lot in the car when we went on shopping trips to a bigger city.
I know that women have a variety of reasons why they breast feed and why they don't. In general though, I think that society is more judgemental of breast feeding women than those who do not. There are people who disapprove of women breast feeding in public. There are employers who do not wish to accomodate lactating women. There are people that are concerned about people breast feeding their child too long, even for infants under a year. While there are a few articles written extoling the benefits of breast feeding, most articles in magazines aimed at mothers of infants are pro formula to some extent.
I don't know about the Founders of LLL but in the present day, I think that this organization enables more women to have more of a choice not less. It is not much of a choice after all if no one helps a new mother breast feed and feeds her baby formula from the the beginning, if breast feeding in public could get a woman arrested, or if an employer would forbid a woman from pumping breast milk at work.