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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That isn't the worst of it by any means.
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Ok, but I think that these discoveries have actually helped, rather than harmed, the improvement of treatment in moms w/ PPD.
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Yeah, my SIL is 7 mos pg, and keeps telling me how she has to get up several times a night to pee, change positions, etc.
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Yes, this is what was suggested (to me).
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Interesting theory, except that in true hunter-gatherer times, people rarely lived past their child-bearing years.
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Oh good Lord,
Oh good Lord,
You're right, it could mess with production. Depends on how sensitive the mom is partly.
I would wait until 8 weeks a) so the milk supply is truely established and b) so nipple confusion is less likely. JMHO.
The other issue is, if mom has to wake to pump in any case, what point is a bottle given by dad? Then they *both* end up feeling unrested. If by letting dad give a bottle she wakes up 3 hours later in splitting pain with mastitis b/c she didn't relieve herself, she'll have to work extra hard the next day and rest more (hopefully with baby's naptimes) so that she cures hereself. Sounds like a bit of a nasty trade-off.
Obviously some moms (me me me!!) are more susceptible to mastitis and engorgement problems but it is something to be watchful for.
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