SAH doesn't support change,

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SAH doesn't support change,
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Sat, 08-26-2006 - 4:58pm

"SAH doesn't support change, it supports going backwards to the 1950's,"

Statement in a post below.

I wholeheartedly disagree. To me, SAH is a choice. How is that going back to the 1950s, when a lot of women didn't have much of a choice.

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Registered: 08-16-2004
Tue, 08-29-2006 - 3:52pm
no, there's no physical deformity, just the fact that a baby's mouth, being designed to suckle a breast, is more efficient than a breastpump made by man to do what a baby's mouth was designed by nature to do.
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Registered: 08-16-2004
Tue, 08-29-2006 - 3:53pm
i think i'll trust the stats, nor your stories. you have no proof that your experiences are the majority.
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Registered: 08-16-2004
Tue, 08-29-2006 - 3:54pm
Yes, but pumping after or while nursing is what is recommended...not pumping INSTEAD of nursing.
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 3:56pm
i have. i've also looked at a lot of other organization's breakdown of those numbers. ;) you're the one who thinks a breastpump made by man is as good as a mouth made by nature for expressing mama milk. you know, babies don't express just by sucking. they use their tongues to help bring the milk down, too. pumps don't have tongues.
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 4:13pm

No, not contradictory. I utilized the pump to try to increase my supply when I was soley breastfeeding while I was on maternity leave. It didn't help increase my supply as I had no milk left after nursing. Later, I had to pump several bottles a day in order to have milk for my dd to drink the next day at daycare. Pumping did not seem to produce enough milk for my dd's needs and by 9 mths, I had not a drop left to pump. I did however, breastfeed my second until he was a year old, my third until he was 15 m/o and my third until she was just over a year old. I did have to supplement a bottle a day with all three but I had enough milk otherwise. Completely different than with my first, for whom I had to pump at least three bottles a day. By bedtime when I tried to nurse, there was absolutely nothing left for her.

Edited to clarify that when I was pumping to INCREASE my supply, I was on maternity leave. When I went back to work, I was pumping bottles to provide for regular feedings, not to increase my supply. I tried other methods at that point to try to increase my supply, none of which did anything.




Edited 8/29/2006 4:19 pm ET by merella
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 4:17pm
I don't really know anyone whose main goal in life is to witness all their children's firsts. I'm not sure why you posted that to me, since I distinctly said I wasn't specifying "firsts" anyway. Either way, we enjoy sharing our day together - it's as much for them as it is me. Atleast for now. When they are older, that'll surely change.
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 4:19pm
I know two women like thqat and they are both WOH. (Why would a WOH be even more deranged?)
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 4:38pm

"look at the CDC's breakdown of breastfeeding mothers by employment status--number and ratio."

Could you provide a link please? The CDC stats I find on their web site do not include employment status.




Edited 8/29/2006 4:39 pm ET by jungle_girl
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Tue, 08-29-2006 - 4:45pm
I "mommytracked" before I ever got married.

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Registered: 06-30-2006
Tue, 08-29-2006 - 4:47pm
I see; you think a parent might "miss a lot" if they don't SAH, but "firsts" isn't what you have in mind.

Sabina

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