Dear moms
Fri, 2008-02-01 11:41
Dear moms(bottlefeeding and breastfeeding),
When I was 17 I gave birth to my son (now 10). I was an ambitious teen and I was interested in breastfeeding. I had a long labor and the nurses never gave me the chance to nurse until the next morning after he'd already had formula. He wouldn't latch on and there was no one to show me how. So he ended up being formula fed. I was dissapointed, but I didn't feel like I had made a bad choice. It was a simple lack of support. I recieved a cute little enfamil diaper bag with premixed formula in it. It was so convenient but I couldn't afford prepared formula. I was on WIC and they gave me free formula until he was 1.
Almost 10 years later I had my daughter. By this time I was absolutely determined to breastfeed. I had already recieved 2 cans of formula in the mail and stuck them in the cupboard. It wasn't easy in the beginning. I used formula a few times, which only made things worse. I decided I wanted to help other moms through the Breastfeeding proccess. I trained to become a certified lactation counselor and got a job at WIC. I learned so many horrible things about formula. I experienced unbelievable grief about not BF my son. I also learned about how the formula companies market formula to moms in developing countries where they can't afford it and don't have clean water to prepare it. Did you know it's even recommended that moms in developing countries who have AIDS breastfeed because the risks of formula feeding outweigh the chance of mother to child transmission? I held back tears through many of the classes. Studies have been done that prove :
• Breastfeeding mothers who received free formula samples at discharge were
less likely to still be breastfeeding at one month (78% vs. 84%, p=0.07)
• Breastfeeding mothers who received free formula samples at discharge were
more likely to introduce solid foods by 2 months (18% vs. 10%, p=0.01)
• The above trends were more significant among less educated mothers, first
time mothers, and mothers who had been ill post partum.
Bergevin et al., Do infant formula samples shorten the duration of breast-feeding? Lancet. 1983 May
21;1(8334):1148-51
Sun, 2009-06-14 23:14
#2
Dear moms
The choice is yours.As an advice,have time to breastfeed your child to give her the full nutrients and nursing she needs.It is not just about the nutrients but the bond and caring you will have for you child.
Either bottlefeeding or breastfeeding will do..For moms who go to work everyday it is best to bottlefeed their babies.On the other hand moms who stay at home could have the chance to breastfeed their babies as well as save money through it.