breastfeeding-my experience- part I (interactive)
i'v decided to write an interactive blog-i'll divide it up so it's not too long to read at once-comment on the peices if you want!
it seems as if breastfeeding is a pretty hot button issue, i have a girlfriend who was not able to breastfeed with her first son, she is pregnant again i can just see the anxiety growing to "get it right" this time. i have a 20 year old sister who is not even considering it with her baby due next month, and they have no money, breastfeeding would save them the expense of formula.
so i'm going to tell my story (for what it is worth)
i am nurse, so all through nursing school they pounded into us the benefit of breastfeeding, good for the mom, good for the baby, good for the families economics....you have heard them all, we all have.
now this is personal but i have never been a big fan of my boobs, big, heavy, in the way, and very sensitive, didn't love em being touched much. as a matter of fact when i was a preteen i did not want them! ( i lost that battle in a big way) as a teen i learned they had strange powers that i learned to use to my advantage, and i'm sure they helped land me my hubby! overall though still not my favorite body part. i had seen other people nurse and frankly found it wierd and gross, do i look ?, don't i look?, act natural, act natural...
i cannot explain why i had such a strong reaction too it, but i just didn't like it. then i was pregnant with Will sitting on the little table thingy and they asked the dreaded question....are you going to breastfeed? the first time i said i don't know cause i wasn't ready for the question. eventually i told them i would try (and in my head think and i'll fail and he will be on formula and that is fine with me cause i don't wanna anyway.)
ok here is the interactive part...before you had kids how did you feel about the idea of breastfeeding? how did you feel and what did you say to the doctors when/if they asked?
does this feel like an essay question from high school? :)
it seems as if breastfeeding is a pretty hot button issue, i have a girlfriend who was not able to breastfeed with her first son, she is pregnant again i can just see the anxiety growing to "get it right" this time. i have a 20 year old sister who is not even considering it with her baby due next month, and they have no money, breastfeeding would save them the expense of formula.
so i'm going to tell my story (for what it is worth)
i am nurse, so all through nursing school they pounded into us the benefit of breastfeeding, good for the mom, good for the baby, good for the families economics....you have heard them all, we all have.
now this is personal but i have never been a big fan of my boobs, big, heavy, in the way, and very sensitive, didn't love em being touched much. as a matter of fact when i was a preteen i did not want them! ( i lost that battle in a big way) as a teen i learned they had strange powers that i learned to use to my advantage, and i'm sure they helped land me my hubby! overall though still not my favorite body part. i had seen other people nurse and frankly found it wierd and gross, do i look ?, don't i look?, act natural, act natural...
i cannot explain why i had such a strong reaction too it, but i just didn't like it. then i was pregnant with Will sitting on the little table thingy and they asked the dreaded question....are you going to breastfeed? the first time i said i don't know cause i wasn't ready for the question. eventually i told them i would try (and in my head think and i'll fail and he will be on formula and that is fine with me cause i don't wanna anyway.)
ok here is the interactive part...before you had kids how did you feel about the idea of breastfeeding? how did you feel and what did you say to the doctors when/if they asked?
does this feel like an essay question from high school? :)
posted by ALI at
7/31/2006 12:37:00 PM
4 Comments:
Before I had kids, I always just assumed I would breastfeed. It never occurred to me to do otherwise. I will admit, that the sight of a nursing mom (while I was a teenager) might have made me a bit uncomfortable, but not grossed out, and I would have never been rude. I also have always thought that THAT was what breasts were for, ya know?
Here's a question for any lactation experts: why is it that low income housing parents are given WIC for formula and such (which they should receive, no debate here) but no information (that I've heard of from people I've asked) on breastfeeding or a free pump? Wouldn't that make more sense? If the lower income children are going to potentially have less opportunities for medical care and the freshest food available later on in life, wouldn't the increased immunities (and free food!) be a bonus to these babies? Anyone have any information on that?
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tracey.becker1@gmail.com, at 9:58 PM
that is a good point, my sister basically is not educated, and i don't see outreach happening...not that i haven't tried, she heard some work at the beginning and never heard any more.
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ALI, at 11:09 PM
that is a good point, my sister basically is not educated, and i don't see outreach happening...not that i haven't tried, she heard some work at the beginning and never heard any more.
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ALI, at 11:09 PM
There is a line from Rocky Horror Picture Show where the dude says Heavy, black and pendulous...besides the black part-he kind of has me nailed.
Nursing seemed like a wonderful thing. For Thing 1 I was too nervous or something, my milk never really came in-down, or out. Including a DUAL electric pump. I looked like a very tired cow.
For Thing 2, it was much easier-we nursed for 3 months. The only bad/sad/uncomfortable thing is that my boobs were always bigger than his head. That was awkward.
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~d, at 6:50 PM
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