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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]So you hate how breastfeeding women made you feel...so you want to put down breastfeeding women? Hypocritical? [/b]

I feel like everyone should at least try breastfeeding, if just in the hospital to get colostrum. And then if it doesn't work, just move on! No need to fret about how you can't nurse or go on rants about women who do. There seems to be some feeling amongst women who don't/can't breastfeed that they're broken. Nope. Just move onto formula and stop talking about it. [/quote]

This is so true.

I don’t understand the angst that moms who formula feed feel about this issue. Seriously, stop obsessing about other moms are doing. Move on. In the wise words of Elsa,  Let it go! [/quote]

First of all, if a woman does not want to try breastfeeding, that is totally fine.  The benefits of colostrum are overblown.  Yes, it's got a lot of antibodies, but they never enter the baby's bloodstream.  They go through the digestive tract, and have local effects there.  Human babies get the antibodies they need to survive while they are still in the womb.

I have been BFing for 10 months.  It is easy and convenient now, but it was rough for a long time, and I often wonder if we all would have been better off with formula from the start.  Why didn't I stop earlier?  Because the medical establishment tells women that breastfeeding is the best way to feed a baby, and you should keep doing it for 12 months.  I don't have a ton of experience with babies, so I follow my doctor's advice.  Looking back, I wish the message had been more balanced.

The angst comes from all of the false/exaggerated information out there about the benefits of breastfeeding.  A friend who formula-fed thought her baby was getting sick at daycare and mine wasn't because I was breastfeeding and she wasn't.  Actually, it was because my baby wasn't mobile yet and hers was. Once DD started touching everything, all bets were off.  Yes, on a public health level, breastfeeding reduces illnesses in babies, but on an individual level, the impact is tiny.  [/quote]

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