The word
"bfing" is a short form used to refer to breastfeeding, which is the act of a mother feeding her baby with breast milk.
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Has anyone ever run into this situation, and does this mean the end
of BFing for us?
I often feel a little «off» on
with BFing advocate friends for not being extreme enough in my advocacy — I also believe true support is the most important thing we can give.
Again, not
for BFing in public, which LOTS of women do in our store, but for doing it * wrong.
Someone at the peds office looked at me like I had 2 heads when I said that Q was
still BFing at 2.5.
Jamie, I, like you, am a pro
at BFing in public.
CBS suggests that you have to pay penance for
BFing in church and while that may have been an attempt at a clever snippet, it's implications are seriously wrong.
No mother carries
on BFing for their own satisfaction, it is a selfless act, and it is physically demanding.
I have been feeling so upset about the horrible things that people have been saying about
extended bfing since the TIME uproar.
For those people who pressure
BFing women, I say counter their rudeness with your own.
I'm not saying we should be driving ourselves crazy (I
stopped BFing at 10 mos, for example), but it sometimes seems too easy to just say, «I'm doing the best I can.»
I didn't see the picture, and feel remotely compelled to attempt to relactate, or to sing the praises of
BFing from the rooftops.
Why do
BFing moms always assume that formula moms are «uneducated» or «uninformed?»
At the end of the day, I chose to switch to formula
because BFing problems were causing me so much stress and anxiety that I began to resent my son.
The thing I hate is that many people act
like bfing past whatever age THEY think is good means you are a slacker mom — like you are too lazy or too stupid to know how to wean.
People make snarky comments about all sorts of behaviors that go on in public it's not
just BFing.
It might be that your daughter is just really fast at
BFing now.
Unfortunately because I didn't suffer through
bfing during what I now know was a growth spurt, I started needing to feed formula a little every day.
If capital hill is actually aware of the benefits of
BFing then it's really sad that others aren't!!!! Their are 3 of us pumping at work right now, We call ourselves the Milking Momma's.
We took our kid to France (our dream destination) when he was 4 months old and still
exclusively BFing.
I
love BFing but it's rough for us tummy sleepers.
It is perfectly possible to experience sexual arousal due to nipple stimulation, even by a baby, and if that ever happened to me there's no way in hell I'd
continue BFing if there was any other option.
«I
tried BFing, and it was fabulous, I tried formula, and of course it was fabulous too.
My Lo is 2 wks old and this is my 1st
time BFing, is it normal for him to eat for an hour up to 2 hrs at a time?
Yes, and because i dared to consider more recent research in my decision to introduce solids before six months, that defines both my kids out, despite one
BFing until 17 months and the other still going at 10 months.
Both of us stayed buckled and I managed because
BFing led to really sizable tatas for me.
Had my second VBAC and got decent support but didn't seek much as I'd already had a
successful bfing relationship before and knew what felt «right».
I can sympathise with all of the ladies who have had to abandon
BFing through lack of support and lack of information but......................
I Pumped for the first 7 weeks while my LO was in the hospital then have been
BFing since then but have found that I am using more and more of my frozen stash.
My first, a boy, and I started off
BFing well... until I went in for surgery when he was 8 weeks old.
totally agree about giving up
bfing though... it gave me up both times.
Spent my entire pregnancy hearing about
how BFing is better and reading articles that say it's ok not to, if you did everything possible.