Formula risks...I believe

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Formula risks...I believe
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Wed, 10-24-2007 - 12:27pm

Formula risks...I believe



  • Formula has risks that are unacceptable if breastmilk is available
  • Formula has risks but it's OK to choose it if you understand the risks
  • Formula has risks but it's OK to choose it even if you DONT understand the risks
  • Formula has some risks but they are overblown
  • Formula has risks but so does breastmilk, and the risks are about the same
  • Formula doesn't have any risks
  • Other, please explain


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 03-28-2003
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 8:00pm

<<"I also don't classify formula feeding as a high risk choice, ymmv of course. ">>

I'm not quite sure what else needs to be stated to support my opinion here that I don't classify formula has a high risk choice. It's not an assertion nor a claim, but I am sure you are aware of that as well.


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Again, I going with common sense, as well as a question and an observation here...There isn't an assertion or claim here.


... Actually none of these are assertions,...

From dictionary.com;

as·ser·tion

–noun
1. a positive statement ...

Those do look very much like assertions.

ilve2read

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Registered: 02-20-2006
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 8:48pm

OMG, no kidding. It's a bunch of "stop making things up" without any real explanation of what she is saying. Somehow it becomes incumbent upon us to decipher WTH she is talking about, when it is clear NO ONE has a clue. Other than formula being better than starvation, however formula isn't the ONLY option after breastfeeding, and formula doesn't miraculously turn into breastmilk when BM is not available, so that means formula is still substandard, compared to Formula.

So basically all I can follow of this quasi debate is that formula is better than starving, or drug laced breastmilk.

To which my reply is:
If the breastfeeding mother cannot meet her baby's needs with her own supply, then there is donor milk.
Many drugs pose a lesser risk to baby's system than formula poses.
Drugs a mother takes DURING pregnancy pose a greater risk to the baby than drugs taken during BF.
There are drug alternatives in most cases for mothers taking drugs incompatible with BF.
As far as illicit drugs go, I would actually be surprised if a mother who was taking them was able to successfully establish BF, therefore the issue would solve itself. In this case, the child may already be born addicted to drugs the mother took while pregnant. And again, if removed from the biological parent, donor milk would be optimal, followed by formula, in the case that BM was not present.

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Registered: 06-04-2004
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 9:09pm

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I don't have to, since you DID say them, and everyone else on my side of the debate sees where you said them, and also disagrees with you.

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Registered: 06-04-2004
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 9:13pm

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What does "discounting" mean to you? Since you love Merriam-Webster's dictionary, here's what they think it means:

<<3 a: to leave out of account : disregard b: to minimize the importance of c (1): to make allowance for bias or exaggeration in (2): to view with doubt d: to take into account (as a future event) in present calculations>>>

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary

YOU used the word "discount" to describe your reaction to the source I posted. If you meant to say something else, you shouldn't have used that word.

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Hmmm...I don't know why I "continue to claim" anything. I have no idea whatsoever...

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Mon, 10-29-2007 - 9:17pm

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Please stop making up things about my posts. Thank you.>>>

You're welcome! I can't wait to see those sources, if/when you do manage to find them. Thanks to you too! ;O)

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Registered: 06-04-2004
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 9:21pm

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????? This is the entirety of my statement to you in the post to which you wrote the above reply:

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What's "false" about what I said? Has iVillage started a new feature where you can paste a thread of 600 posts into one reply? Oh, I know! The "false" part is where you'll go back through the thread and do some critical reading and analysis of your own words. That part probably is "false"! My bad! ;O)

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Registered: 12-12-2006
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 9:40pm

"OMG, no kidding. It's a bunch of "stop making things up" without any real explanation of what she is saying. Somehow it becomes incumbent upon us to decipher WTH she is talking about, when it is clear NO ONE has a clue."


You hit the nail on the head.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 10:20pm

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Yes, I believe that formula would be prefable to feeding an infant breast milk that has been tainted say through drug use. ymmv of course.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 10:23pm

I have answered.


Again, I don't live in a black and white world...I don't think those are simple and straight forward questions either...let alone to the point.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 11-06-2003
Mon, 10-29-2007 - 10:26pm
LMBO! You are sure on top of things. Personally, I can't see through all the smoke.



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