nightangel73
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Breastfeeding Or Formula
Posted: 07-10-07 06:10am
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I have heard all these things about the
benefits of breastfeeding and the thruth
is that I never was breastfeeded and i
never got sick growing up. So I think it
really doesn't make difference. I would
breastfeed if i was at home but if going
to work I would definetly go on formula.
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 07-10-07 06:16am
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i dont think anyone can dispute the fact
that breast milk is healthier and more
beneficial but i think that the mother
needs to do whats best for her. if it
makes her better able to care for her
child if she formula feeds then that is
what she needs to do. formula these days
is so advanced that while it doesnt match
breast milk to a tee is still gets the job
done. I think a healthy, happy, sane
mother is vital to a happy, healthy baby.
that being said, it makes me angry when
women dont breastfeed only because of
vanity reasons.. thinking it will make
their breast sag. there are so many
reasons i can understand why you may not
want to breastfeed but that one in my
opinion is unacceptable.
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Posted: 07-10-07 07:16am
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I agree with everything that .Vanessa has
said. It's widely known that breast is
suppossed to be "perfectly made" to
accomodate all your baby's needs and it
provides antibodies and immunities to
illnesses. Having said that if a mother
dislikes breastfeeding or dreads doing it,
she shouldn't.
I think all women should give it a try and
see for themselves whether it's something
they can do. Give your baby the benefit
of the colostrom and then switch to
formula if you can't do it.
Women who choose not to breastfeed because
their boobs will sag are being selfish,
imo. Your boobs are going to sag anyway!!
It's called gravity!
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kaerbear
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Posted: 07-10-07 07:25am
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sorry if this is off topic but when are
you supposed to start supplementing with
breastfeeding? my mother in law was over
on the weekend and it sounded like she had
advised my sister in law to start giving
her 5 month old pablum in her bottle so
she would sleep through the night. she
seemed a bit peeved that my sil said she
would wait until the baby was 6 months
because that's what her doctor told her to
do. i, of course, had no clue what to say
to that so i just said i guess it's better
to listen to your doctor and she kind of
rolled her eyes a little. i don't see
what the harm is in waiting, like the
doctor said to, if the mom is willing to
keep getting up in the night to feed the
baby. it just all seems so complicated!!
lol. now i'm going to have my mom and my
mother in law and my sister in law giving
me advice too and i'm going to have to be
a real diplomat in order to keep the
peace.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 07-10-07 09:42am
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I'm still breastfeeding my
daughter and we've never relied on formula
to suppliment. We've only ever had it
available when my inlaws have watched her
for a few hours, and most of the time she
rejected the bottle anyway. I wouldn't
have provided it at all if I were able to
pump my milk out.
We started rice cereal at the start of the
year when her doctor gave the go-ahead.
Same with fruits and veggies, and then
meats.
I'll recommend breastfeeding to any woman
who is comfortable trying it, but I would
never push it. Some mothers aren't
comfortable with breastfeeding, and I
refuse to make them feel they're making
the wrong choice or that they're hurting
their baby. Breastfeeding is hard, and
it's not for everyone.
nightangel: breastfeeding makes one huge
difference. Your breastmilk contains
antibodies that you pass directly to your
baby. It helps build a stronger immune
system. Even if you only breastfeed until
you return to work, your baby will be so
much better off from nursing for that
time. It does make a difference - an
enormous difference.
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:00am
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| AyaMiyaki
wrote: | | nightangel: breastfeeding
makes one huge difference. Your breastmilk
contains antibodies that you pass directly
to your baby. It helps build a stronger
immune system. Even if you only breastfeed
until you return to work, your baby will
be so much better off from nursing for
that time. It does make a difference - an
enormous
difference. |
is this a lifelong thing or just something
that protects them when they're babies? (i
don't feel like i'm wording that
properly...)
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:03am
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Well .I'm no expert, but I would assume it
would be a lifelong thing, right? Your
immune system is ever-growing and building
itself, and the first years lay the
groundwork (I would think, anyway). But of
course that's just an opinion. I haven't
done enough research on long-term benefits
or anything.
Good question!
*edit*
.I just typed "breastfeeding long-term
effects" into .google and got a buttload
of hits. I don't feel like spamming this
place with cut/paste jobs, so .I'll just
recommend a .Google search.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:07am
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i would also think it would be lifelong.
don't you pass antibodies that you've
developed on from your body to the baby's?
so that they have the antibodies for
certain bacteria already rather than
having to develop them from scratch? i
could be wrong, that's just how i
understood it.
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:09am
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i was just wondering because i've never
breastfed finn at all and he's never been
sick, then i know someone here (i won't
say who because it doesn't matter) who did
bf and their baby has been sick numerous
times.
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Re: Kaerbear's Question
Posted: 07-10-07 10:15am
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As far as supplementation goes I feel that
every baby is different and you will know
when they are ready. I gave my son pablum
at 3 and half months because he was a big
baby and a big eater, my daughter didn't
want it until 4 and half months. I would
wait on the fruits and veggies until at
least six months though.
A midwife had told a friend of mine not to
give her anything but formula until she
was six months but there was one time each
afternoon that her baby wasn't satisfied
from her milk. She was 5 months at the
time. So I suggested that she try just a
bit of pablum. Her baby loved it and she
stopped being fussy at that time now
because all she wanted was a little
something extra.
So in my opinion a mother knows her baby
and will know when they are ready.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:15am
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Well .I'm sure .Finn's immune system is
strong and healthy. Some babies are
resilient and others are more susceptable,
.I'm pretty sure. Plus you're keeping all
of his vac's up to date too.
Breastfeeding isn't one of those "do it
and your baby will never be sick!" or "if
you don't do it your baby will be sickly!"
things (but of course you know that). But
it does greatly benefit the child. The
baby in question (I think I know who you
mean) probably has a weak immune system
naturally. 
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:26am
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I also never breastfed either and both my
children have always been really healthy.
My son is now 11 and my daughter is 5. I
too have known a couple of people who have
breastfed and it seems that they catch
everything that they come in contact with.
I wonder if it has anything to do with
whether or not the mother has a good
immune system to start off with.
I knew that I wouldn't be able to
breastfeed because I have extremely
sensitive breasts. I don't even let my dh
come near them lol. For me it was more
important that I be happy and enjoy
feeding my children rather than dreading
it because I was in pain. Also I feel that
with formula I know that everything my
baby needs is in that bottle and exactly
how much he is eating.
I am not that great of an eater so I was
also concerned with that too.
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:29am
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| Shanyan
wrote: | | I knew that I wouldn't be
able to breastfeed because I have
extremely sensitive breasts. I don't even
let my dh come near them lol. For me it
was more important that I be happy and
enjoy feeding my children rather than
dreading it because I was in pain. Also I
feel that with formula I know that
everything my baby needs is in that bottle
and exactly how much he is
eating. |
and this is exactly why I would never push
breastfeeding on someone who wasn't
willing to try it. If you're not
comfortable with it, you shouldn't do it.
Those first few weeks of your baby's life
are so precious, and you don't want to
spend your time dreading feeds and feeling
uncomfortable. You want to bond with your
child and make that connection. Nursing
definitely isn't for everyone! 
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Posted: 07-10-07 10:44am
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AyaMiyaki, I love people like you who
don't force it on people. I hate it when
you get a nurse or someone who makes you
feel guilty for choosing not to
breastfeed. It is definitely a very
personal decision and no one should judge
anyone who chooses to breastfeed or not to
breastfeed.
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Posted: 07-10-07 11:09am
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I pumped milk while I was at work for both
of my kids. I also got up in the night
for a year with #1 and 9 months for #2 and
pumped an extra bottle for them so I would
not run out. It really sucked, to tell
the truth, but I thought it was worth it.
My kids are relatively healthy, have had
numerous colds/flus, etc but I wonder if
they would have been more ill had I not
breast fed? I will never know the answer
to that. I really appreciated the fact
that it helped me lose the weight so
quickly. I was never breast fed, and I
certainly don't feel abused or neglected
because of it (I don't think I ever got an
ear infection, either). I do know that it
helps prevent kids from developing so many
food allergies, though. It can be done,
even if you go back to work, but it is a
serious time commitment, and pumping is
not nearly as emotionally fulfilling as
breastfeeding. That part I loved every
single minute of!
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Posted: 07-10-07 12:07pm
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I have chosen to breastfeed my baby
whenever he comes. However, I won't diss
people who aren't going to. My sister had
to stop bfing her son when he was 3 months
old because they found out he was allergic
to soy, wheat, and dairy. He has to use
this special kind of formula and the only
way that my sister could've fed him was if
she stopped eating all of those things,
which was not going to happen.
The people that irritate me are the people
that only try for like a week and the
people that don't try because of vanity. I
have heard (well my dr told me) that most
of the sagging comes from whenever your
milk first comes in and since all womens
milk does come in then everyone is going
to have to experience it.
About the whole only trying for a week or
so, from what I have heard it actually
takes about a month to get comfortable
with it. So actually you really haven't
given it a try unless you try for over a
month.
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Posted: 07-10-07 12:35pm
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i can't wait to breastfeed my baby. i'm
looking forward to it. it doesn't really
matter to me what other people decide to
do with their boobies but i had to laugh a
little at the really young pregnant girls
in the healthy start group i went to a
couple of times. they were like "ew!
breastfeeding is so gross!" "yeah, i'm not
going to do that!". i guess the healthy
start nurses have their work cut out for
them with those moms. lol.
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Posted: 07-10-07 12:37pm
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I am looking forward to breastfeeding too.
I know it won't be easy at first but it
will become a great bonding experience.
Whenever I talk to my sisters about
breastfeeding the one that had to stop
always gets close to crying because she
misses that time with her little one.
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Posted: 07-10-07 12:42pm
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Neither me or my brother were breastfed
and we're just fine too. We had someone on
here about a year ago who was saying all
kinds of lies, such as "bottle-fed babies
will be smaller, underdeveloped, dumber,
do bad in school, be sickly, and have
shorter lives". I was like... what the
heck!?
Yes, breast milk has the antibodies, and
that's what is most important. it gives
your baby antibodies that it has no way of
producing. It's actually like giving your
baby the safest vaccine in the world!!
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Posted: 07-10-07 13:21pm
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I really don't see how breastfeeding will
make you that much smarter.
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