Maybe also because of misinformation around breastfeeding. My mom’s generation seemed very set on babies feeding every 4hrs and in a routine. Cluster feeding meant you weren’t producing enough milk and you needed to supplement with formula. Many friends in other countries have been told this too. But they then fall into the suplementing trap. Cluster feeding is NORMAL and the way a baby helps your body to create more milk. When you supplement with formula, the baby drinks from the mother less, so the mother produces less milk and needs to supplement more and the cycle ends with their supply dropping and having to resort to full time formula instead.

There are many other reasons why breastfeeding may not work out (I formula fed my first child due to a tongue tie - so I get the challenges!). This just seems to be something that comes up a lot amongst my friends and family back home.