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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poster above.

I disagree with others saying you ate being “too” sensitive.  It is a sensitive time for many good reasons.  Others atound you should be extra-sensitive too!

I don’t blame you for your feelings, though I too think you just have to push them outof your focus.[/quote]

Disagree. I think OP needs to interrogate her feelings, and ask why she is having this reaction over a simple act that she's going to be repeating over and over again for 18 years: feeding her child. There is NO reason that feeding a child EVER needs to be a "struggle." Zero reason. OP needs to ask herself on what basis she is CHOSING to engage in this self-described struggle to feed her child. What information, ideals, and values are driving her to chose to struggle, when there are other options that are perfectly fine (formula)? What's the cost/benefit? [/quote]

What a load of crap.  The baby is 3 weeks old and it’s 2 big things in life are sleeping and eating.  She has been preparing for this stage for months, [b]but has little control over all plays out.[/b]  It’s a tricky time, and OP is surely running on fumes.

This stage has nothing to do with the future of feeding her child from 6 months on.

OP, again, don’t worry about all the judgment you’ll find here.  Get advice from the Breastfeeding Center of Washington if you are in the area, and otherwise get a good lactation consultant.  You deserve support in this process.[/quote]

Of COURSE she has control over how to feed the baby!  That's the whole point! There is no need to struggle, and she needs to ask herself why she is CHOOSING to struggle! [/quote]

Because OP has assessed the information and has come to a different conclusion than you.  She thinks breastfeeding is not completely equivalent to bottle -feeding and thinks breastfeeding is worth some level of effort.   You, along with MIL, should go debate the pros and cons of breastfeeding and level of “worth-it-ness” elsewhere.

And why are you shouting?
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there's a huge difference between "some level of effort" and a self-described "struggle to feed the baby."  [/quote]

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