Comments | looking_askance: What if

looking_askance

What if

Jul 11, 2009 11:50

What if you can't breastfeed because of the medication you need to take? Tired of the breastfeeding pressure. I know it's better for the baby and it's a lot cheaper, but what if the mother ends up sick because she did not have the medication that she needed? That wouldn't be good for the baby either.

The breastfeeding debate gets me worked up

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detonate_for_me July 14 2009, 22:29:09 UTC

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tallwithglasses July 15 2009, 03:41:00 UTC

Dood. It's not just you. I read a lot of blogs that talk about this issue. And I've drawn one conclusion--what's best for you is what's best for the baby. (http:\\www.dooce.com is particularly apt, I think.)
Also, I was totally a formula baby because my mom had open-heart surgery the day after I was born, and I am healthy and smart. You do what's best for YOU.
WAAAAY too much stuff is geared at pressuring parents (esp first-time parents) into someone else's point-of-view. Society counts on the fact that about-to-be parents are very vulnerable, and then makes them feel like crap when they don't/can't conform to "what's best." Unfortunately, there are lots of "mommy wars": stay-at-home vs. working moms; cloth diapering vs. disposable diapering; "natural" vs. hospital birthing.
As long as Audrey has something (and enough of it) to eat, she'll be okay. It's okay whatever you decide--there's not one person I know who will judge you, either way you decide. If there's anything I can do for you, let me know.
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looking_askance July 15 2009, 17:40:48 UTC

Thank you for the supportive words. I will try breastfeeding and take it day by day. If I can't then I can't, and I know that it will be okay.

monsterofmud July 15 2009, 20:40:31 UTC

Dr. Harder always told Kate not to sweat that issue. You have to do what you need to do. Yes studies show that breastfeeding is a little more healthy and forms a closer attachment for the baby, but in instances where you take medication or if the baby just won't latch on it's recommended to go the alternate routes.

Many of the best adjusted, healthiest, and smartest people in the world were raised on formula, especially all the Baby Boomers who were born during the late 40s through the 1950s, because at that time formula was pushed very hard as "the thing to do", and formed the majority of babies growing up in those two decades.

looking_askance July 20 2009, 18:36:06 UTC

That's true. I wonder if it was expensive in the 40s and 50s.