Commitment, or lack thereof...
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| Tue, 01-08-2008 - 1:56pm |
So I just saw something somewhere else (won't specify where, but I bet a few of you will figure it out!) where a woman indicated that she WAS planning on breastfeeding, but now because of a heated debate about it, she doesn't want to anymore.
Ummmmm, are you kidding me?


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I was reading about this the other day, and apparently, there is no way to measure the amount. With some women, it could be one drink, but others could drink tons and have no effects. I will try to look this article up, I've forgotten where I saw this...>>>
How is this so different from formula??? Some babies do not seem to suffer any ill effects from being formula fed, and others may have severe issues. Just like alcohol, there is absolutely no way to know which babies are going to be negatively effected and which will be "just fine". Does that make it OK to drink while pregnant because MOST babies will not get Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? There is no "safe" level of drinking while pregnant because there is no way to know how each individual will respond to it. How do you know that a specific child is not going to end up with diabetes when they otherwise wouldn't have if they had not been formula fed? Which one is going to have a severe reaction to the cow's milk proteins in formula? Which is going to suffer from chronic ear infections that will be made worse by not breastfeeding?
I think it's ironic that some people will religiously abstain from "potentially harmful" things like alcohol during pregnancy, but have no qualms about using formula afterwards, even though there is risk to the baby with both choices.
Stephanie
"Maybe not hard enough in your eyes, but I know I gave it my personal 100%"
I know your post wasn't directed at me, but I will say this - the only person you have to convince is yourself.
Maybe this was their breaking point.
<<my son is almost 13 months old..i bf for 6 or 7 weeks then went to ff
i refuse to compare alcohol to formula>>
Nothing in my post to you mentioned alcohol. I asked how old your child was. And just over one year old is a bit young to declare that formula was not harmful. Although by "harmful," I'm not trying to give the impression that your son is sickly--"harm" can be as simple as chronic constipation (common in FF children, rare in BF children) that can lead to IBS later in life. My only point is that you don't know that he has not been harmed by it.
formula is generally unnecessary??? i am sorry but i am hysterical laughing over here that you think this>>
ROFL right w/ you girl!
Think about it this way...formula SHOULD be unnecessary, about 95% of the time.
<<If I have another baby, I would like to try again & be a hell of a lot more assertive with getting help.>>
Nothing like experience, is there? :-) I know exactly what you mean. I have a laundry list of the things I'm going to do differently with this baby. My whole birth experience with DS feels like it was orchestrated by everyone else but me.
I feel for you and I echo the others comments that you went further than most to try to breastfeed, but you were sabotaged almost every step of the way by well-meaning but misinformed people.
Welcome to the debate, please stick around! :-)
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