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Re: Medications/Treatments + Breastfeeding
From: Lakefever2 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:13:08 -0800 (PST)
Uh ok. I wasn't even putting you down for my comment.
I just thought that breast feeding was better from
hearing so many things about it.
--- Sue <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> >I thought nursing was the best thing for your
> child?
> It seems that it would be more healthy than feeding
> a
> child formula from a bottle.<
>
> While you are technically correct, that is a
> landmine issue. Watch
> where you step with this one! Formula is
> nutritionally complete for
> infants and children under 1 year. Breastmilk is
> the IDEAL, but not
> always possible, for a myriad of reasons.
> Breastmilk is the "model" for
> formula--they have made formula as complete
> nutritionally as breastmilk.
> But for mothers whose HEALTH is compromised or for
> other reasons they
> might CHOOSE, formula is perfectly fine. If a
> mother's health is
> compromised, then the breastmilk she makes may not
> any better for the
> child than formula, and if the formula allows the
> woman to treat her
> health more vigorously/completely, then by all
> means, formula feed!
>
> There is A TON of guilt and pressure on women to
> breastfeed, and
> ultimately, whatever you decide IS UP TO YOU AND
> WILL BE THE BEST THING
> FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY. Guilt should not go hand in
> hand with feeding
> your baby--as long as you are giving your child what
> s/he needs (FOOD),
> then you are doing the best thing for that child, no
> matter how/where
> the food/nutrition comes from. If you stopped
> giving the child what
> s/he needed (FOOD), THEN you'd qualify for the 'bad
> mother awards.' You
> don't qualify for them if you CHOOSE to use formula
> over breastmilk.
>
> Sorry to be so adamant over this one (okay, I'm not
> *eally* sorry), but
> I'm tired of having my friends (and me) beat up b/c
> we've chosen formula
> for a portion of our children's feeding schedule.
>
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