"Proud Formula Feeder"?

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"Proud Formula Feeder"?
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Thu, 12-14-2006 - 8:27pm

In my playgroup, I've noticed some members have a blinkie I haven't seen before: "Proud Formula Feeder". In the past, I've seen the "Formula Feeding Mom" and "It's formula, not rat poison", but this new one struck me as odd. I can understand simply stating that you formula feed or saying that formula isn't rat poison (because it isn't), but I've been trying to figure out just why someone would be "proud" to FF.

While I don't think that women should necessarily feel guilty about not BF, I don't get what about FF there is to be proud about. Most (or maybe even all) of the women with said blinkie acknowledge that breastmilk is better, so why would they be proud to feed their babies something they know is substandard, even if they couldn't BF and FF was their only choice? What do you ladies think? Is/should there be such a thing as FF pride?

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 9:36pm

>>I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said my dog is smarter than your honor student.<<

HEY, I own one of those!!! Only mine says, "My German shepherd dog is smarter than your honor student!"

I just have it b/c I find it to be true >:D. My dog is smarter than *me* in a lot of ways hee hee.

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 9:38pm

""Does delivering at home cost less?

Lori
**Navy Wife to Eddie since Dec 2002**

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 9:51pm
Besides, fat squishes, it's the head circumference that can cause troubles.




Oh, that is too true! My little guy born at home was the largest of my kids at 8 lb. 4 oz., but he was only 2 oz. bigger than his older brother. However, his head was 14.5" and let me tell you, even though I was sitting on a birth stool and the other ones had pretty much come flying out, Will required WORK.




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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 10:15pm

Just a side note....I am military and our military hospital is wonderful! They don't push the drugs (obviously, b/c I didn't get any!) and it might be by default, but they were extremely bfing friendly. There is no nursery and they have an IBCLC on staff. And yes it was completely free. With ds1 7 years ago, it cost $40 for the stay and that was for food! I have had 3 excellent births in this hospital.

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 10:26pm

""Just a side note....I am military and our military hospital is wonderful! They don't push the drugs (obviously, b/c I didn't get any!) and it might be by default, but they were extremely bfing friendly. There is no nursery and they have an IBCLC on staff. And yes it was completely free. With ds1 7 years ago, it cost $40 for the stay and that was for food! I have had 3 excellent births in this hospital.""


The one where I live is notoriously bad, and not just on the maternity floors.

Lori
**Navy Wife to Eddie since Dec 2002**

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 11:19pm

"BTW, nothing wrong with an amnio leak at 38 weeks as long as NO ONE performs any vaginal checks or inserts anything into the vagina and you are monitored for signs of infection. Did you know that amnio fluid regenerates itself about 4 times an hour? This is why you continued to leak it, and why women whose membranes are ruptured continue to leak amnio fluid the entire rest of the labor/birth. So chances are really good that with a leak, Kylie had more than enough amnio fluid to survive, and all you really needed was monitoring for signs of infection until labor commensed! "


I would disagree.

Cathie

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 11:27pm

"Besides, fat squishes, it's the head circumference that can cause troubles."


I know one thing.

Cathie

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 11:28pm

I personally would go so far as to say along with NO vaginal checks, if I were leaking AND not in active labour, I WOULD avoid baths (shower only) and would probably "bake" my toilet paper rolls so they were as germ-free as possible. That said...I've never understood why it's "such a huge risk" to have a leak at say 38 weeks, but if the baby is a 22-weeker and your fluid is leaking, they do all they can to keep them in a few extra days or even a week, so they can give steroids for the lungs etc. They may well give abx too (I'm sure they do) prophylactically but even so...if it's "not so much of a risk" (as being born too soon) for a preemie, shouldn't it be even less of a risk for a full-term baby?

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 11:32pm

Umm...in my limited "experience" (ie mainly watching other moms with their 3+ families of kids) quite often, but not always, #1 was relatively high-needs, #2 was mellow, and #3 was often higher needs than #1. It was like...#1 was a practice, #2 gives you a bit of a break particularily if you have them close together, so you can still take care of #1's neediness, and #3 is "bring it on baby, now you know what you're doing you'd better be able to handle ME!!" ;-).

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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 11:40pm

You should also jack up your Vit. C intake as well as fluid intake, Vit. C to ward off infection and water to continue to replenish the fluid you're loosing. I have a friend whose DIL's water broke at 19 weeks, they kept her on complete bedrest until she started contracting at just shy of 28 weeks when they did an emergency c-sect. Baby is still in the NICU but doing incredibly well so far, it's been about 5 weeks now.

-jeanine

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