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Re: Question about breastfeeding & PCOSFrom: anonymous@obgyn.net ("anonymous@obgyn.net")Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:21:49 -0400
Deanna, Yes, the medical community is eager to push formula feeding to women. That way, they don't need to deal with questions about engorgement and the occasional clogged milk duct that can create problems. My mother-in-law wasn't keen on me breastfeeding my daughter and would often be sure to slip in an "emergency" bottle just 10 minutes before she KNEW I would be picking her up! In spite of her attempts at sabotage, I was quite successful and nursed my daughter for 8 months until she gradually weaned herself and I started working a few hours here and there outside the home. I mentioned before that one of my friends whose baby was born before mine chose not to nurse and she was still taking the "dry up" pills months after I had weaned my daughter! With my son, I didn't have as much milk. Whether it was because PCOS had gotten worse (he's my pergonal baby, she was the clomid one), or the fact I was 8 years older (33), or what I'm not sure. I know that things were getting tense around my household then, and I know that breastfeeding requires lots of encouragement, support, and an atmosphere with as little tension as possible. As for you possibly feeling a bit guilty about still nursing a baby at 2 years old, in many cultures it's quite common to nurse a child 3, 4, perhaps even 5 years old. It's accepted and a way of giving a child a special reassurance that it's mother is there for him/her. Also, in many countries, safe drinking water, milk, or other liquids is scarce, and breastfeeding provides a child with nutrition and liquid it might not have otherwise. Kerri, I'm sorry to hear your friend didn't have success at breastfeeding. She shouldn't feel guilty, but I can understand her feeling of a loss because I have felt I missed out on something that was supposed to be a very special time with my son, because I wasn't able to continue nursing much past the second month. La Leche league has information and a book or two about breastfeeding that I found helpful....although in some instances, they were a bit more insistant that breastfeeding is the "only" wise choice that I felt was reasonable. I'm not sure if the books are still in print or not. Shelley -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://mail2web.com/ . -- --------------------------------------------------------------------
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