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formula cans - breast is best. stupid cans.

heatherwhite1984heatherwhite1984 member
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i had planned to breastfeed my baby. due to my life threatening complications shortly after delivery, my milk did not come in. i tried breastfeeding in the hospital, even tried supplementing. it just wasn't working. after four days i switched to formula only, one of the hardest thing i have yet to do. i still am not over the fact that i could not breastfeed, especially when the formula containers state in all caps and bold that breast is best. that was a huge slap in my face each time i went to make a bottle.  two and a half years later i still have a hard time coming to terms that i could not breastfeed and that my son had to be on formula for the first year of his life. i am very thankful that my son is super healthy and growing extremely well; however, those formula cans should be burned for the sake of sanity of moms who are just unable to breastfeed. end of rant. :)

 
 
 

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  • SusanC111SusanC111 member
    I know, it;s on bottle packages too. Like, don't you dare put formula in these!!!
    lame.
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  • jjvajjva member
    edited June 2014
    Agreed, it's awful. I thought this article was really interesting:


    Why are we putting so much guilt and sadness on women for a choice that has no actual discernible difference to their babies' health?! To me it's almost sadistic, some of the stories of women who have been urged to persevere with breastfeeding even in the depths of depression or terrible pain. If you want to, that's awesome, but if you don't want to, or you FREAKING CAN'T, health care providers and society should support you FFS.
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    jjva said:
    Agreed, it's awful. I thought this article was really interesting:


    Why are we putting so much guilt and sadness on women for a choice that has no actual discernible difference to their babies' health?! To me it's almost sadistic, some of the stories of women who have been urged to persevere with breastfeeding even in the depths of depression or terrible pain. If you want to, that's awesome, but if you don't want to, or you FREAKING CAN'T, health care providers and society should support you FFS.
    Thanks for this article.  It was a great read.  I wish I'd been able to read it back when when we started supplementing and I felt like a failure. 

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    VIPRoss said:
    jjva said:
    Agreed, it's awful. I thought this article was really interesting:


    Why are we putting so much guilt and sadness on women for a choice that has no actual discernible difference to their babies' health?! To me it's almost sadistic, some of the stories of women who have been urged to persevere with breastfeeding even in the depths of depression or terrible pain. If you want to, that's awesome, but if you don't want to, or you FREAKING CAN'T, health care providers and society should support you FFS.
    Thanks for this article.  It was a great read.  I wish I'd been able to read it back when when we started supplementing and I felt like a failure. 
    I'm glad you liked it. It took a lot of weight off my mind too. <3
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  • bumpuser10054788bumpuser10054788 member
    Agree it is frustrating. I originally planned to breastfeed for the whole first year. Like the OP, health complications during/after delivery and LOs refusal to latch kept my milk from coming in. I ended up having to supplement in the hospital after she lost >10% of birthweight, wasn't having enough diapers, and weighed feedings showed she wasn't gaining after feeds. After two weeks and strong DH urging (he saw me slipping into likely PPD, and how miserable both LO and I were with the constant struggle), I gave up on BF, and switched to EP.  However, even pumping every 2-3 hours I barely had any to give her. By 6 weeks when DH went back to work, and I was missing precious time with LO to pump, it seemed like an exercise in futility, and by 7-8 weeks I was done.

    Now we're FF exclusively, and it still bothers me a bit when I see those messages on the formula containers. I still feel embarrassed every time I buy formula at the store because I feel like I'm being judged. And I'm really nervous about this weekend because we'll be at a party where my aunt who is EXTREMELY pro-BF will be, and I'm afraid she will comment about my lack of BF and bring the wounds up again. (She already tried to ask me on FB whether I was nursing and I avoided the question, but I won't be able to avoid giving LO a bottle at the party.)

    I'm just trying to be strong and know that I'm doing the right thing for our family. Overall, we're all much happier and healthier now than when we were struggling to BF.
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  • heatherwhite1984heatherwhite1984 member

    best of luck, g33kyg1rly.  

     

    i looked at all brands, and they were on all of them. usually the first line, in bold, and all capital letters.

     
     
     

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  • jjvajjva member
    I wonder if it's regional? I've seen that message before, but the ones I have on hand just say "Breastfeeding is recommended" among other warnings etc. Weird.
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