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why do people tend to push ****** feeding on women?

Ashley posted: 20 Jul at 8:43 am

well it is definitely way healthier and better for the baby. plus cost efficient.
but the ppl who push it so much are close-minded ppl. i mean im all for BF and everything but whether one breasfeeds or not is totally up to the mother.
“Spoils” him ROTTEN! posted: 22 Jul at 1:26 pm

I think it’s very rude to ask someone why they are formula feeding.

I think if someone says they want to formula feed and asks what kind of formula they should get and you say “breast milk” then that is rude.

If someone is unsure about what they want to do, is it rude to suggest breastfeeding?

Breastfeeding is:

Free
Convenient
Always the right temperature
Better for baby
Better for mommy
Sterile
Better tasting

What’s so bad about that?
phishfour posted: 22 Jul at 3:24 pm

I think some people push it because they could not imagine a mother not doing everything possible for their child that would benefit them. It is known that ****** feeding is better for a child’s health so when people see a mother choosing not to ****** feed they assume the mother is not doing all she can for her child.

There are many valid reasons why a mother would not breastfeed. People should not judge others. They do and will though.
S posted: 25 Jul at 10:59 am

i think every mom should try there very best to ****** to ****** feed because it is the best thing for the baby, formula is good now adays but still does not compare. if you try and it didnt work for you then make the switch. i tried very hard to ****** feed and we had so many supply problems and weight gain problems that she is now supplemented with 2 bottles a day as well as nursing day and night. she is happier now with the formula, she was always cranky before and i think thats because she was always hungry.
i just dont think people should decide before even trying(depending on the situation) that they’re going to formula feed. my sister started formula at 1 month because she had such bad post partum depression, she tried her best and then did what she thought was best for her and her baby. her baby was formula fed from 1 month on and is the smartest little girl, she 3 and already doing math.
hannah the second posted: 27 Jul at 12:41 am

I never got ****** feeding pushed on me really. I do it and I wanted to do it but when I was having trouble it was all ‘it’s okay, just give formula.’ I’m glad I didn’t — I hope no one who formula feeds is offended by that, but I love ****** feeding now and wouldn’t change it for anything.

I don’t get a lot of encouragement though. I think people should get more encouragement and help and education and support.

I’ve said ****** feeding is better than formula feeding. it is, you know? it’s best for the baby. that doesn’t mean that a formula feeding mother is bad though.
Mrs. Herrera posted: 29 Jul at 9:45 am

I think many women who breastfeed without problems don’t realize how other mothers may have a problem with it. With my daughter I had mastitis and developed an abscess and wasn’t able to. With my son I breastfed for 5 weeks before my milk ducts began to clog and I couldn’t any longer. They also don’t realize it can be hurtful to a woman who can’t feed her child as nature intended. I see criticizing a woman for not breastfeeding as mean as asking an infertile woman what is wrong with her for not being able to produce as nature intended. Those women just don’t understand the differences in women’s bodies and in their beliefs. Both of my children (and myself) were formula fed and we’re all very healthy and happy.
*What annoys the heck out of me the most is when women say you have to breastfeed to bond with your baby. That’s a load of crap and should never be said.
Amanda posted: 29 Jul at 10:21 am

I think it’s rude to push breastfeeding on anyone. Yes, breastfeeding great for the baby and have amazing benefits. But if you want to formula feed, it’s your choice. As long as the baby is getting fed, I don’t care how it’s being done.

Formula fed and healthy as can be.
Another account again posted: 31 Jul at 1:13 pm

Personally, I cannot understand someone NOT wanting to breastfeed, I don’t comprehend that mind set and can’t pretend that I do. Most of us do not push, but someone comes on here and asks for help, we give advice for her to continue, or if she is trying to stop ****** feeding, find out why, because it might be because of bad/false info she was given.

Breast feeding is usually better, but on the other hand, why is okay when a mother is okay for help, for everyone to say it’s okay to switch to formula? Or why is it okay to scare a mother whose baby has jaundice into using formula?

Most of us are trying to be helpful and not inserting ****** feeding is best where it’s not appropriate.

EDIT-Let me add here, I believe Heal the World insulted FORMULA, not you. Big difference. There is a big difference between hating formula and hating the mothers who use, big difference between hating the system and the formula companies and hating the mothers who use it. You took it as an insult, when it was NOT an insult.
Bad Mojo posted: 31 Jul at 2:55 pm

Well, honestly it’s because most women give up for reasons that are easily fixed, or because of info that is just not entirely true. It’s less “throwing in ****** feeding” and more “correcting common misconceptions.”

For example:
- low milk supply is a common complaint, but did you know there are several methods to increasing milk supply? And often, it’s not the supply, but the latch?

- problems latching are also easily fixed with instruction, and sometimes there’s a medical reason (a common one is the little thing under the tongue being too tight to allow the tongue to get where it needs to be to latch).

- ALL commonly used antibiotics are safe to use when ****** feeding.

EDIT: Compared to ****** milk, formula is indeed unhealthy. In some cases it can be dangerous, history has given us several instances of formula being contaminated by dangerous chemicals.

What was the drug you were given for your c-section? All *common* antibiotics are safe, it is possible you were given something not safe, but in all fairness you never mentioned that you were given anything “special” for the c-section, just that you had to stop because you were on antibiotics.

If your daughter couldn’t latch on, that’s probably why your production was low. The female body is designed to produce enough milk to feed the kid (or kids, people with twins and triplets have no problem ****** feeding either), if she wasn’t latching, and therefore wasn’t feeding, your supply was probably low…. but not because you *couldn’t* produce enough, more because your body was only producing what was being used, which was very little. A good lactation consultant could have helped with the latch and given tips on increasing production.
Artie Lange Fan posted: 03 Aug at 3:19 am

It’s good to encourage breastfeeding but not insult someone for not doing it at all or for wanting to stop.

I think sometimes formula feeders on here get offended when people encourage breastfeeding and take it as being “pushy” about breastfeeding when it’s just encouragement and information.

Not saying this is you, just speaking in general.

I have done both (breastfeeding and formula) and always encourage people to at least give breastfeeding a try, not pushing it just encouraging them to try it out and they can always stop if they don’t like it.
Heal the World posted: 06 Aug at 3:18 am

Huh, I had a cesarean and my daughter has never tasted formula. I also had kidney stones and infection that required antibiotcs. Huh.

Anyway, I am sure that health professionals just want you to make healthy choices.

Also, in my case I found formula to be pushed on me. By many people. I was never pushed to breastfeed, it is by far the opposite. Double standard? Sort of, except to push formula is just ridiculous because it is an unhealthy choice.
double_frick posted: 08 Aug at 5:52 am

i think you are getting upset that people are telling you ****** IS best because when women formula feed they try to defend themselves (needlessly) by somehow saying that ****** and formula are comparable or that (falsely) formula is as good or better than ****** milk.
if you don’t want to or can’t ****** feed that is fine, and no one should make you feel any way…but to say that formula is comparable is just false.

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