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little_tippler · 03-10-2010, 05:05 PM

I was never breast fed and I turned out fine. No major allergies or illnesses, I think I have a good mind and body, though I am not ultra-tall. I am still a good height for a portuguese woman, 5'4".

I also want to say that I've heard of many women being effectively harassed/bullied in maternities after they have given birth, if they don't want to breast feed or are unable to get their baby to latch on properly. I think this is appalling and people should just be tolerant of each other's choices. Can you imagine being made to feel like a bad mother because you can't give your baby breast milk?

- Did you breast feed your children, at what point in their development did you stop?

Since I don't have kids I'll refer to my mother and others I know. My mom couldn't breast feed me at all due to health complications and so I was instantly bottle fed. I have a friend who breast fed her little girl until she was 3 and she's a very healthy, beautiful and intelligent little girl. She said her daughter loved it and it was just more convenient overall.

- What obstacles are in place that prevent a mother from breast feeding? Sometimes a baby doesn't take to their mother's breast milk that well, because of the quality of the milk I suppose. Stress and PPD can be factors. Other reasons include illnesses that can be transmitted through the milk.

- Have you ever donated to a human milk bank?

No and I don't think I ever would. I find the thought of breast feeding daunting and not entirely pleasant and I think the only person I'll ever do that for is my own child.

- Do you feel breast milk should be sold?

I don't think it's necessary and I don't see a strong enough reason for it. Breast feeding is not a breeze and I don't see why a woman would milk herself for a profit. I tend to thin breast feeding is more important as a bonding experience between mother and child, and also the most health benefits probably occur from mother to child and not so much from mother to random child.

- Share any interesting stories about human milk or breast feeding.

I can't think of any, except every day things to do with breast feeding or painful ones. I'll spare you those.

03-10-2010, 05:05 PM	#17 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	I was never breast fed and I turned out fine. No major allergies or illnesses, I think I have a good mind and body, though I am not ultra-tall. I am still a good height for a portuguese woman, 5'4". I also want to say that I've heard of many women being effectively harassed/bullied in maternities after they have given birth, if they don't want to breast feed or are unable to get their baby to latch on properly. I think this is appalling and people should just be tolerant of each other's choices. Can you imagine being made to feel like a bad mother because you can't give your baby breast milk? - Did you breast feed your children, at what point in their development did you stop? Since I don't have kids I'll refer to my mother and others I know. My mom couldn't breast feed me at all due to health complications and so I was instantly bottle fed. I have a friend who breast fed her little girl until she was 3 and she's a very healthy, beautiful and intelligent little girl. She said her daughter loved it and it was just more convenient overall. - What obstacles are in place that prevent a mother from breast feeding? Sometimes a baby doesn't take to their mother's breast milk that well, because of the quality of the milk I suppose. Stress and PPD can be factors. Other reasons include illnesses that can be transmitted through the milk. - Have you ever donated to a human milk bank? No and I don't think I ever would. I find the thought of breast feeding daunting and not entirely pleasant and I think the only person I'll ever do that for is my own child. - Do you feel breast milk should be sold? I don't think it's necessary and I don't see a strong enough reason for it. Breast feeding is not a breeze and I don't see why a woman would milk herself for a profit. I tend to thin breast feeding is more important as a bonding experience between mother and child, and also the most health benefits probably occur from mother to child and not so much from mother to random child. - Share any interesting stories about human milk or breast feeding. I can't think of any, except every day things to do with breast feeding or painful ones. I'll spare you those. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918 Last edited by little_tippler; 03-10-2010 at 05:07 PM..