I'm totally fine with that and I think that I would've never even consider that had I not been kind of exposed to my mama tribe and different
women you know breastfeeding 3 year olds, 4 year olds and I think that that is awesome that that's now an option.
Many
women know breastfeeding issues are common, but they don't always know they can see someone like me for help.
Not exact matches
I didn't
know that these formula companies actually have campaigns to get
women to stop
breastfeeding since it's bad for their business.
It's impossible to
know how pregnancy and
breastfeeding will go for each
woman until she experiences it for herself and then can decide what is best for her and her family.
Nurses, doctors, they didn't
know enough about
breastfeeding so there was no pressure from them when I had trouble, or support or education (I'm not saying they * should * pressure
women, but having some expertise in the matter and some faith in
women's bodies would help moms succeed!)
Did you
know that reading the comments of all the
women here was illuminating to me as I hadn't
known about tandem
breastfeeding before?
My own experiences five years ago were * dismal *, and I
know many
women across the country who have received poor support ranging from bad advice to outright antagonism for
breastfeeding exclusively to six months or - heaven forbid!
Not a lot is
known about the causes of mammary hypoplasia, but there is likely a genetic link (
women who have it often say that no one in their family was able to
breastfeed).
And then, if a
woman finds herself in a situation where, for whatever reason, she has trouble with
breastfeeding,
knowing where to look for help at the first sign of trouble is key.
I think that lots and lots of education beforehand on what
breastfeeding is - all the ins and outs - will better prepare
women to
know that even though natural, it's not always easy or pain free or without it's trials - and That Is Okay.
Of course, it's impossible to prepare for every possible scenario, but if a
woman knows in advance that
breastfeeding jaundice is a normal occurrence and isn't always a cause for concern, then perhaps she can make better informed choices with regard to her child's care.
From elective C - section because babies «run big» in the family, to not
breastfeeding because someone's breasts are too small... It's just appalling how little many
women know about their own bodies.
I'm sure you do get excuses from
women who don't
breastfeed because its obvious you'd be judging them
no matter what the reason is.
What I do
know is that this (phony) number is trotted out to make the case that
women give up on
breastfeeding too easily.
This was so interesting... as a nurse, I have found
no matter what I tell moms about sagging breasts and
breastfeeding... they believe, friends and other
women's experiences instead.
Authorities at the Department of Children and Family Services took the boy from the 32 - year - old
woman's home after a baby - sitter called an abuse hot line and the child subsequently told investigators that he
no longer wanted to
breastfeed, they said.
She recounts that several of her WIC counselors told her that «they «
knew» lots of
women who had been raped who
breastfed,» and suggested that since she had obviously had sex to conceive a child since being attacked, she was sufficiently healed to nurse that child.
Knowing all this information was out there, I couldn't believe there was anyone who didn't
breastfeed these days, other than uneducated teenage moms, those with uncompromising work situations, or those unfortunate
women who were physically unable to do so (and according to what I had read on the La Leche League website, there were very few of these
women out there - far fewer than the formula lobby and misinformed doctors would have us believe).
You would think that
knowing how to
breastfeed should come naturally, but
women do struggle with it.
The Equalities Act 2010 in the UK creates a clear protection for
breastfeeding women, in that service providers (including all public services, as well as restaurants and cafés) can not refuse to provide an equal service to a
breastfeeding woman, and this applies
no matter what the age of the child.
In popular media, Margaret Mead was
known for her work with the Samoan
women that concluded that a baby should be
breastfed on demand.
Sometimes
women become closet nurses and do not even let their own mothers or best friends
know that they're still
breastfeeding.
You
know what actual, real live
women say about
breastfeeding?
While breast milk is
known to offer an array of benefits to infants, including supplying vital nutrients, several recent studies have revealed that
women who choose
breastfeeding after pregnancy may be giving their children the gift of more than just a steady food source.
Here are 10 of the most important
breastfeeding tips we think every
woman should
know before her baby arrives.
The authors of The
Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to
Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning say
women who have not
breastfed are four times more likely to develop osteoporosis later in life.
I felt I don't even have to
know these pregnant
women that I see walking down the street and I'm like «hey did you
know you can get a breast pump through your insurance if you're
breastfeeding?»
Oftentimes,
women who forgo
breastfeeding are those who can least afford it — low - income
women, whose child was often placed on formula shortly after birth, without their
knowing.
Those steps include informing
women about the benefits of
breastfeeding, helping
women breastfeed within the hour after delivery, and allowing new mothers to stay in the same room as their child - also
known as rooming in.
Many
women struggle with
knowing whether taking certain medications while
breastfeeding their baby is safe or not.
But I
know that not all
women have the opportunity to
breastfeed at all, or they must stop
breastfeeding sooner than they'd like because they don't have the support they need at work, or from their spouse, or from their friends and family.
I
know they are about nutrition and they were providing me the foods which would ideally help provide the best
breastfeeding relationship with my child, but I think more
women would do it if they could afford some of these tools which help.
Oh, and you
know what I bet would encourage
women who wanted to
breastfeed?
Then when I've been
breastfeeding I've felt directly excluded by the bottle - feeders... on one occasion being told that they hadn't invited me out for coffee because I was
breastfeeding -LRB-??????!!!!!!!!!!!!) Nobody
knows what battles a mother has overcome to get to the point of either method of feeding, it's not an area for judgement amongst
women.
If a
woman knows she won't be able to
breastfeed once she goes back to work, for example, she might decide to skip
breastfeeding all together.
I wanted to post to let
women know not to listen to everything you hear and to not give up too fast - it was a torture pumping with a colicky baby, but he actually loves
breastfeeding now.
Galactagogues are foods which have been
known to enhance lactation in
breastfeeding women.
Speaking of inaccurate and dangerous information and advice, I
know so many
women who have been pushed or advised to do unsafe things to «protect» the
breastfeeding relationship.
I
know I can't speak for all
women in all situations / socio - economic backgrounds, but the pressure on educated middle - and upper - class
women to
breastfeed is intense.
Wow, for someone that
knows everything there is to
know about feeding a baby, you should probably
know that its been a little longer than «hundreds of years» that
women and infants have «flourished from breast feeding» You sound very ignorant and judgemental and I hope whatever child you're
breastfeeding doesn't pick that up from you, that is way more unhealthy than a mother than uses formula!
First time moms
know so little about
breastfeeding because they don't live surrounded by other
women breastfeeding and they don't live with other
women to support them through the steep learning curve.
Well, we
know that 100 % of
women are not able to
breastfeed problem free.
«Many child protection agencies and state health organizations still consider exposing infants to THC,
no matter how trace the amount, to be abuse or endangerment; according to the Family Law and Cannabis Alliance, some states even apply «delivery of drugs» to minors laws to cases of
women using marijuana while
breastfeeding.
Women know that
breastfeeding is best (although some try to rationalize their decision to formula feed) but don't realize how hard it can be.
Most medications have not been tested in nursing
women, so no one
knows exactly how a given drug will affect a
breastfed child.
Because
knowing that other
women are also crying, and full of emotions, about their
breastfeeding journey with their toddler / pregnancy is amazing.
When it comes to
breastfeeding, millions of
women have
breastfed in hundreds of different ways throughout history — there simply is
no by the book.
She asked a bunch of us if we
knew if the places she was going would have a spot for
women to
breastfeed.
You never
know - you might help a
women to overcome her
breastfeeding struggles.
WABA, what
women want to
know about
breastfeeding in the HIV context, 30 Nov 2016 http://waba.org.my/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/What-
women-need-to-
know-about-
breastfeeding-in-the-HIV-context-30-Nov.pdf