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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
OK -- but how was that simpler than:
1) Sit down 2) Plop out breast(s)? For SOME ppl it is that easy, but not everyone. This is what BFing entails for me. Rent a hospital grade pump. See a multitude of lactation consultants and a myriad of LLL meetings also multiple discussions w/ LLL leaders (even speaking w/ LLL leaders that have experience w/ my BFing issues out of state and the country) Store pumped milk Fill a finger tube feeder. Feed w/ finger tube. Clean and sterilize all equipment. Buy extra tubing. Buy storage bags. Buy nursing shields (several types to find what DD can handle) Then ... after using the finger feeder it was off to buy a Supplemental Nursing System. Then train DD to use the SNS. (didn't work) Clean all the parts, and sterilize. Then after that didn't work very well, buy nipples and bottles and bags (I use playtex bottles w/ the bags because the other 10 or so kinds of bottles and nipples that we tried didn't work.) and fill w/ breast milk. More pumping. More pumping. And more pumping. I am sure I missed quite a few steps along explaining our BFing journey ... But I'm sure you get the idea. We are on opposite ends of the spectrum ... for you it has been extremely easy, for me it has been extraordinarily difficult. Most people are somewhere in-between and who is anyone else to make a judgment on the feeding choice that a mother makes for her own child, self, and family. A few days ago I was feeding DD at a restaurant. (DD gets formula as well as breast milk at this time) A woman asked me "is that formula or breast milk?" I said formula, she gave me a dirty look, shook her head, and turned her back to me. Bitch. IF she only had any idea. ~Kat Planet Claire has pink air All the trees are red No one ever dies there No one has a head |
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"Time Wasting Rules" - from Real Simple Magazine - NOT GOOD!
In article , jarkat2002
@aol.comB52s says... We are on opposite ends of the spectrum ... for you it has been extremely easy, for me it has been extraordinarily difficult. Most people are somewhere in-between and who is anyone else to make a judgment on the feeding choice that a mother makes for her own child, self, and family. And for me, breastfeeding my second child included surgery so he could have a stomach tube placed, medical equipment, a big-ass old fight with the doctors about whether or not I should be giving him my breastmilk, and several hundred dollars worth of banked milk to help resolve the argument. (Luckily, after he died, they forgave the bill.) Also, feeding through a nasal cannula at first, then going to the stomach tube, then trying to let him nipple on a bottle a little before finishing it up with putting it through his stomach tube, etc. Because of his brain damage, he was physically incapable of nursing from a breast or a bottle. This is very extreme, though. In general, breastfeeding is going to be less costly and more simple than formula feeding, although it may or may not take more of your time and you might have shirts that smell like milk all day, like I tend to. A few days ago I was feeding DD at a restaurant. (DD gets formula as well as breast milk at this time) A woman asked me "is that formula or breast milk?" I said formula, she gave me a dirty look, shook her head, and turned her back to me. Bitch. IF she only had any idea. The correct response was, "None of your business." You don't have to justify your choices to anyone. I don't go through contortions to explain why I weaned my first daughter early. I will if asked, but I don't feel guilty about it. Some regret, but not guilty. You live and learn and make different choices. I do have one instance of bottle-giving that I feel guilty about, but it relates to Xander and his illness as well. Michelle Flutist -- In my heart. By my side. Never apart. AP with Pride! Katrina Marie (10/19/96) Xander Ryan (09/22/98 - 02/23/99) Gareth Xander (07/17/00) Zachary Mitchell (01/12/94, began fostering 09/05/01) Theona Alexis (06/03/03) |
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