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sarah_liz_1980

18 months ago

Breastfeeding: The Good, The Bad, The Misinformed, and the I am Full of Excuses

Hot topic: I plan to see all walks of life "attend" this topic, men included! I am a proud mother of 4 and I have breastfed all of my children. I WANTED to. I wanted the bond, wanted to do best for my baby plus do the best for myself post-partum health wise. I knew formula was NO match for what I could do for them. I wasn't going to just formula feed because breastfeeding wasn't cool, or wasn't accepted, or heaven forbid, my breasts would change or sag because of it. It's the BEST thing I have ever done, and really, I have heard so many excuses why mothers don't it is really ridiculous. I was reading forums of excuses why mothers choose not to. The most overly used (and one that statistically is a flat out lie) is that mothers don't make enough milk to feed. That statistic is actually less than 2% of all healthy and fit mothers. So if a mother says "Ijust didn't produce enough," yeah take it with a grain of salt. She most likely just didn't want to or she wasn't patient enough to have her flow regulated.
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Crafty45

  12 months ago
When my 3 children were born (back in the 1950's, early 1960's) Breastfeeding just wasn't anything that women did.
We are now mothers, in our 70's and that has been discussed between us, and NO ONE ever Breastfed their children that I have ever talked to.
My children are all Adults now, with children of their own - and they all grew up VERY Healthy and certainly didn't suffer any because of it.
But, that was THEN (when it just wasn't done) and this is now - things have changed. Parenting was definitely different back, a half Century ago.
And, ALL of my friends, neighbors, family - that had children back then (and DIDN'T Nurse) still managed to raise Happy, Healthy and VERY Successful children.
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jljmugs

  15 months ago
sorry its now working out for you
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rschilling1

  16 months ago
Wow, you sound very angry. Did someone call you out on breastfeeding? It sure sounds like it or like you are mad at everyone who chooses not to breast feed. Not everyone can do this and when they are blasted by people for not breast feeding, it makes it that much harder on the mother. She will blame herself for some lack when there isn't any. Really, there are more points of view in this world than your own, maybe you could tone it down a bit and people would be more receptive to what you have to say. Please stop thinking that the women that don't breast feed are just making excuses just because it may have been easy for you, does not mean that it is that easy for everyone. And oh, by the way, yes, I did breastfeed mine and think that it is better for infants than formula but am not naive enough to think that it is a snap for everyone.
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normaann1992

  16 months ago
Congratulations on being able to do that. I just didn't have the milk to breastfeed or I would have. It is one of the best things a mother can do for her child.
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toocute350

  18 months ago
I think it`s a wondeful thing to do.They say it`s alot cheaper than buying regular milk.Some women breast feed..Some don`t.
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daddymock

  18 months ago
I breastfed each of my children for at least the first 3 months. I had a horrible problem with my middle child, however, so I ended up expressing my milk & bottle feeding it to him instead. (As soon as he was placed at my breast he would fall fast asleep. The nurses in the hospital & the lactation aides said they'd seen it happen before, but not to the extent that it happened with us. We tried everything to keep him awake to feed, from stripping him naked to stroking his feet to wetting his head. Nothing worked. It was literally a non-stop job to breastfeed him because he would suckle a minute or two, then fall asleep. I'd have to put him down to wake him up, then start again.) I'm a major proponent of breast feeding though. I think it's part of the reason that our children are so healthy.
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Cassie.L.Wilkerson

  18 months ago
Baby formula has existed how many years-meaning for centuries human beings were breast fed yet as a species we didn't die out. 99% of all hype in media has taken with a grain of salt it's either based off of marketing to encourage formula sales, cosmetics via appearance of breasts via feeding and finally there are some who think its obscene for a woman to breast feed in public even if you use a cloth to cover up- find insulting as some people think it okay to neglect the needs of both the mother and child for others sense of decency.
For anyone its a personal choice should be accepted whether you do or not in public or private it should be respected. Its a mother's choice whats best raising her child and appropriate for her.
The only guff I have is if any mother chooses to do so ensure it's not harmful via prescription drugs, alcohol or illegals that's all. I just believe when you do you have a responsibility not only to the baby's health but yours as well to recover fast via delivery cause in no time you have toddlers to chase. Need unbiased professional screened info on mother & baby health & nutrition. Kudos for your research & asking plus congrats on being a mom - it's a tough job too bad too many want to make it tougher with the scores confusing information.
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Tolu57

  18 months ago
That is great that you breastfed. Some women are not able too.
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