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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps unsurprising, given I delivered at a "baby-friendly" hospital, I just got a lot of reading materials that shamed any woman for ever having a moment of doubt about exclusively breastfeeding.

This included a pamphlet on information about "feeding options" that went on at length about how to pump safely store breastmilk but didn't once mention anything about how to best/most safely use formula.

I'm sure that withholding of information will be of great help to the women without paid leave, workplace support to pump (lets face it, the ACA protections on that front as well as PUMP can only do so much), and at wits end to take care of their new baby. Or for women who cannot, or do not want to, breastfeed for whatever reason.

Anyways, I didn't get anything from my OB. [/quote]

This is so dumb. Breastfeeding is a universally unknown thing until you have a baby and every woman lactates, for how long and how much depends on the woman and how much support she has. The hospital was clearly trying to offer support for one of the toughest things *all women* find themselves suddenly figuring out.

You clearly have some unresolved issues you should work through if you feel attacked receiving generic pamphlets on lactation. [/quote]

I actually asked my midwife if I should buy some formula ahead of time in case I couldn’t make enough milk. She said studies show that having samples in the home make it less like a woman can successfully BF. I would have held into free samples if I’d received them, but I did not. Purely anecdotal but I ended up having no supply problems.[/quote]

:roll: I'm so glad that the pendulum has swayed back to "fed is best". When I had my first child, I really struggled to get her weight up and was never offered formula as an option. When I look back at pictures of how tiny she was, I am shocked! Breastfeeding was pushed and pushed and lactation consultant after lactation consultant and breast pump after breast pump. I was miserable for a year trying to keep my baby's weight up. With #2, I still wasn't producing enough and the hospital gave me formula samples and said "don't kill yourself. Supplement with 1-2 ounces after you nurse if you think she needs it". I'm so glad. My child was healthy, and I was happy.[/quote]

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