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Elizabeth Reid wrote: I don't know, it's not that hard for me to believe, but then I'm one of those women in a sense. Not incapable of pumping by any means, but incapable of pumping enough to be able to come close to equaling the amount the baby would eat during the same period, so that pumping is always a losing battle. Beth I can never believe that pumping is a losing battle.....every bit of breastmilk you can offer your baby is valuable, and provides benefits. Dawn |
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Astromum wrote in message ...
Elizabeth Reid wrote: So your feeling is that breastfeeding is more effort initially, but less effort as time goes on? Again, I think that might be true for a SAH mom, but it wasn't true for me after I went back to work and it might not be true for other WOH moms. Yes. Definitely! Again, YMMV and many countries do lack proper regulations for this, but with proper information and support, it can be that way for *most* women. Really? I guess the number of women who show up here saying, "Eeek! I'm only able to pump 3 oz of milk in half an hour!" who are reassured by being told that the baby can get much more milk than the pump can has led me to believe that my situation wasn't that unusual. I don't know, it's not that hard for me to believe, but then I'm one of those women in a sense. I'm sorry that you are not managing as well as you expected. And as said before, we can influence many circumstances that will allow BF over FF, not *all*... But at least you have tried! You know where your limitations are, and you accept them. That can be hard enough as it is. So doesn't it upset you to hear exactly the same arguments from someone who didn't even try? I guess I haven't heard it from anyone who hadn't tried. From people who never tried, I tend to hear, "Oh, I was formula fed and I'm fine, so it's not a big deal." The people who I know who say it was too hard are people who did try, if only for a few weeks. Beth Sam 8/16/2002 |
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Elizabeth Reid wrote:
Really? I guess the number of women who show up here saying, "Eeek! I'm only able to pump 3 oz of milk in half an hour!" who are reassured by being told that the baby can get much more milk than the pump can has led me to believe that my situation wasn't that unusual. You are right, it is not unusual that you are unable to pump the same amount of milk your baby drinks. But in the case you have to pump, for whatever reason, there are also easy ways to increase your supply so you can pump enough. IME pumping is something you have to learn, like nursing. After a while things often improve, again: not for all but for many women. Of course there will always be cases where FF is the best alternative. I guess I haven't heard it from anyone who hadn't tried. From people who never tried, I tend to hear, "Oh, I was formula fed and I'm fine, so it's not a big deal." The people who I know who say it was too hard are people who did try, if only for a few weeks. I'm truly glad to hear that! In my circle of friends this was very different... It is good to know that more and more women are at least considering BF over FF. The more tries, the more successes, and the more stimulation for others to try too. I hope you don't find me rude, I really value your experience on this topic, but this is my last post on the subject. I need to get back to work... See ya! -- -- Ilse mom to Olaf (07/15/2002) TTC #2 "What's the use of brains if you are a girl?" Aletta Jacobs, first Dutch woman to receive a PhD |
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"Dawn Lawson" wrote in message ... Elizabeth Reid wrote: I don't know, it's not that hard for me to believe, but then I'm one of those women in a sense. Not incapable of pumping by any means, but incapable of pumping enough to be able to come close to equaling the amount the baby would eat during the same period, so that pumping is always a losing battle. Beth I can never believe that pumping is a losing battle.....every bit of breastmilk you can offer your baby is valuable, and provides benefits. Dawn I think the idea is that if supply demand and supply decreases with pumping, then time will cause supply to approach zero. Poof, nursing done. The thing is, in order to increase supply, you have to take advantage of all the possible demand you can while not working. You have to nurse and nurse and nurse, to the sometimes irritation of Mom and baby. Doable. Laudable. Good if breastfeeding is your highest priority. By no means easy IMO. Easy being what we are talking about. Stephanie |
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"Shannon and Joe" wrote in message news:cVeQa.47500$GL4.12402@rwcrnsc53...
"DGoree" wrote in message ... (Elizabeth Reid) wrote, So your feeling is that breastfeeding is more effort initially, but less effort as time goes on? Again, I think that might be true for a SAH mom, but it wasn't true for me after I went back to work and it might not be true for other WOH moms. I've always been a WOH mom and I have always (except for the first six weeks with my first child) found breastfeeding to be easy and convenient. Pumping "worked" for me, and I would just get up a little bit earlier in the morning to pump for the day--I am also fortunate in that being a musician is not office hours although it is a fulltime job. I am also a WOH mom, went back to work when DS was 12 weeks old. He never had a drop of forumla, and thanks to my accepting workplace, pumping was never an issue. Pumping was actually never an issue at my office either. Everyone was extremely casual about it, except when they could be helpful. :-) Half the people there had nursed babies or had been fathers to nursing babies, so it was no problem. I just happen not to be able to pump much milk. I was very diligent about it, but I don't respond well to pumps (or at least any of the ones I tried, including a hospital-grade one). If there was a pump that was as efficient as an actual baby, my son never would have had any formula either. Just seeing the things involved with FF, (preparation, purchasing, sterilization, more Dr visits) I would heartily say it was a LOT easier to nurse. Esp. on weekends, when I could just relax and not worry about bottles. Alas for me (and I know I sound like Drama Queen for a day, but all of this is the truth) I appear to have a supply which is very demand-dependent. Fairly quickly, my son started getting super cranky on weekends during the day, and it seemed to be that since I was only pumping out about 1/3 of the milk my son had been drinking, my body decided that I only needed that much milk, so that's all there was during the day, and we started giving him the same amount of formula at weekends that he got at day care in addition to daytime nursing. Beth Sam 8/16/2002 |
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