"I give you 2 weeks, 3 max"

eris1995

Is what a "good" friend of mine said yesterday when I was talking about breastfeeding.  I have to say I'm scared enough as it is and it's great to know how supportive my friends are.  uggggh.

bstngrl578

Ughhh, that was not very supportive of her!

amandainma

So rude. Stuff it in their face when it works!

angelynn8411

thats a shitty thing to say!

amandainma

Everyone says that stuff to be about cloth diapers...I just ignore them....I can't wait to tell everyone how awesome it is .... (even if it sucks).

eris1995

I know   This is the second time she's said something like that.  I'm just going to have to stop making comments out bf'ing around her. 

Tarta

Well, I give you 2 boobs max...

Wait am I supposed to be making sense here?  Well, then I say call up your most bf-obsessed friend and get a pep-talk from her.  If you don't have one, I'm quite certain there are plenty of ladies here who'll cheer you on!  You can do it!

madhatter2003

Tell her she is an idiot to quit at the worst time of it.   A lot of women give up before it actually gets better at around 6 weeks. If you can make it that long it gets much better.

SCOOTER

Wow, so not cool.  If you want to surround yourself with more supportive people, try a local LLL group meeting.  You can even go before you deliver and just meet some other helpful ladies. 

-Mom who nursed preemie twins for 16 months

TimingisEverything

I would not call that a "good" friend.

Temp856430000003146

How annoying. Ignore her. Does your hospital offer BF classes? Ours encouraged me a lot!

eris1995

tavia_martin:

How annoying. Ignore her. Does your hospital offer BF classes? Ours encouraged me a lot!

 

Yes, I'm taking a breast feeding class in November.  I'm determined to try my best to make it work.  Thanks for all the support, this is exactly what I needed.  I agree...not exactly a "good" friend. 

kittytaylor1

Wow, your friend is SO encouraging (can you sense my sarcasm?) I can't stand people (especially those close to you) who are not supportive of your decisions. When I told my sister that I was planning on a natural childbirth, her comment was, "But you're the biggest wimp out of all of us!" Umm... thanks... I guess??

Printergirl

I love people's opinion's of very personal decisions.

MIL re: Cloth diapering. 'yeah, that will last a week'.

Sister on Making baby food 'You're going to be one of THOSE aren't you?'

SIL on BF 'Yeah, 6 months was my goal too but I wanted a beer. Have fun with formul'.

 DH has even said he's sick of the CDing comments from people and he rarely talks about it. He should deal with my line of questioning daily about all these topics.

Wally3

Yes I hate when people are unsupportive.  You need to find somebody who is going to be supportive of you bf.  None of my close friends have been successful at BF and It makes me really nervous, luckly both my Mom and MIL are super supportive.  I think you are right not to talk about it to your friend anymore.  Find a BFclass or LLL meeting you can attend and maybe another more supportive friend to discuss BF wtih. 

jakesbride2be

Wow, what a great friend! I didn't have very much support from my parents and every time it would take DS a minute to latch on my mom would practically shove a formula bottle at me. I'm so happy I have DH's mom and sister here and that they are very supportive!  Glad to hear you've got other support too. It's not a walk in the park, but that was the rudest thing your "friend" could have possibly said to you!

rynalicia

I cant stand when people say things like that

 no one in my family thinks I will be able to do it