Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Breastfeeding Posted: 02-04-07 19:12pm
What is your honest opinions about
breastfeeding? I dont want to breastfeed
because I heard it hurts really bad (your
nipples anyway hurt) and you leak really
bad if you breastfeed. Is it good for the
baby to breastfeed better than formula?
My fiance wants me to breastfeed but I
dont want to go through that much hassle.
Unless theres really none at all. I need
opinions.
what is your honest opinions
about breastfeeding? I dont want to
breastfeed because I heard it hurts really
bad (your nipples anyway hurt) and you
leak really bad if you breastfeed. Is
it good for the baby to breastfeed better
than formula? My fiance wants me to
breastfeed but I dont want to go through
that much hassle. Unless theres
really none at all. I need
opinions.
you dont want to go through all the
hassle?
Wow that is selfish. I wish to god I
could have breastfed.
Breastfeeding is natural and is the
perfect proportion of vitamins and
minerals for your baby. Its filled
with antibodies and all sorts of nutrients
to help babies fight off infections.
How could someone not know that
breastfeeding is healthier than formula?
Its just common sense.
Formula is chemically engineered. Its
a bunch of fake chemicals.
Nothing compares to breastmilk. Please
reconsider.
I thinks its sad when people dont even
attempt to breastfeed, and I thikn you
sound really ignorant. Havent you ever
read a baby book?
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NiCKiDEE5206
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Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Re: Breastfeeding Posted: 02-04-07 19:30pm
I have a lot of baby books and thats how I
found out about how your boobs will start
to hurt and you will leak a lot. It says
breastfeeding is good for the mother and
good for the baby. I read about the
disadvantages the baby can have if you use
formula, I just wanted some girls'
opinions on breastfeeding. Because this
is going to be my first child, I just
wanted to know more about it. And I didnt
mean hassle in that way. I said that
because I heard if you breastfeed, the
baby will be up every 2 hours to get
breastfed and if its past a certain time
to be fed, and the baby is sleeping, you
would need to wake the baby up just to
feed it. I want some more opinions
because the baby books I got sent didn't
have much information on it.
i have a lot of baby books
and thats how I found out about how your
boobs will start to hurt and you will leak
a lot. It says breastfeeding is good
for the mother and good for the baby.
I read about the disadvantages the baby
can have if you use formula, I just wanted
some girls' opinions on breastfeeding.
Because this is going to be my first
child, I just wanted to know more about
it. And I didnt mean hassle in that
way. I said that because I heard if
you breastfeed, the baby will be up every
2 hours to get breastfed and if its past a
certain time to be fed, and the baby is
sleeping, you would need to wake the baby
up just to feed it. I want some more
opinions because the baby books I got sent
didn't have much information on
it.
my baby has been formula fed since a week
old and was eating every 2 hours until he
was 5 months old. So the truth is, it
doesnt make a difference. If your baby
is hungry then they are hungry and nothing
will change that.
You dont have to wake your baby up to eat,
trust me, your baby will wake themselves
up when they are hungry by screaming in
the middle of the night just when you are
absolutely exhausted.
girl, you have no idea what you are in
for.
If you didnt have much information on it,
then why dont you go buy some
breastfeeding books or go to the
library?
Here is an entire page filled with
articles about the benefits of
breastfeeding, they are all underlined.
When you click on the link make sure all
the letters are lowercase in your browser
http:/
/www.Kellymom.Com/bf/start/prepare/bf-bene
fits.Html
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NiCKiDEE5206
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Re: Breastfeeding Posted: 02-04-07 19:44pm
Thanks for the website. It really helped
a lot. Im still in my first trimester so
I have a lot of time to still think
whether or not I want to breastfeed. I
hope I make the right choice and not
regret it in the end after the pregnancy.
Because some girls regret it because they
wanted to breastfeed and never did and
they should have. So I hope I read up as
much as I can on breastfeeding before I
make my decision
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anttm04
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 121
Posted: 02-04-07 21:00pm
Breastfeeding may be uncomrfortable, at
least at first, until you become confident
and the baby learns to latch on
correctly...Usually, in the hospital there
is a lactation consultant, or at least a
nurse who can help you...I was only able
to breastfeed my first child for 1 1/2
mos...He got sick and required
hospitalization and I wasn't given any
information on how to keep my milk supply
going..My second and third children were
breastfed 6 mos. And 10 mos.
Respectively..They weaned themselves for
the most part and all were able to use a
cup well by 6-7 mos. Old..It is a
personal choice, but breastfeeding offers
nutritional and and other healthy benefits
that formula doesn't..
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NiCKiDEE5206
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Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Posted: 02-04-07 22:08pm
I knew at the hospital after the baby is
born, the nurse will teach you how to
breastfeed and I think they give you a
pump or at least teach you how to use one.
My friend had a baby and was
breastfeeding for a few days and after, he
wouldnt eat and he got really bad gondus
*if I mispelled that, sorry* and he was
fine a few days later. I heard all babies
get gondus so I dont think its because of
the breastfeeding. But how will you know
if your giving your baby enough milk and
how much is left?
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anttm04
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 121
Posted: 02-04-07 22:33pm
The actual braeastmilk doesn't usually
come in for the first days...Colostrum is
the first "milk" that comes in..It
provides a good deal of nutrients and
antibodies that baby needs....As time goes
on and milk comes in, you can tell that
baby is getting enough milk when he/she is
wetting several diapers (can't remember
how many for sure) each day and is gaining
weight...Initally, with my third, she
wasn't gaining what her doctor thought she
should and had her tested for failure to
thrive...They found out she was very
healthy..Was just likely going to be small
(like her mama..Haha)...I always nursed on
demand...So much easier than trying to
prepare a bottle in the middle of the
night...Most of the time for the middle of
the night feedings I could get up, attach
her..Fall back (half) asleep until she was
done with the first breast...Roll over to
switch her to the other side and she'd
sleep with me the rest of the
night....Some doctors don't like the whole
co-sleeping thing...I found it
convenient...But it's important to know
whether you'd be able to wake up easily if
baby moved...If you (or boyfriend/hubby)
are a heavy sleeper, there is the risk of
rolling over on baby or baby getting into
a position that could cause
smothering....If you are a heavy sleeper,
it is best to nurse sitting up in a
chair...I found my kids usually took each
breast for about 10-15 min. At a
time....Also, when milk comes in, it is
rather evident....Leaking does
occur..Mostly in the beginning...Baby
nurses on supply and demand..Usually, once
you become accustomed to nursing (after a
couple of weeks), breasts don't leak
everytime you turn around..They only
produce what baby needs...
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NiCKiDEE5206
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Posted: 02-04-07 22:40pm
Your reply was really helpful. I am not a
heavy sleeper and neither is my fiance.
Ive always wanted to sleep beside my baby,
but afraid of me rolling over. But we
dont normally move around in the middle of
the night anyways, but you never know.
Anyways, when its time to breastfeed in
the middle of the night, I need to switch
the baby from left nipple to right nipple
for 10-15mins each? Cuz I dont want to
over feed it.
I also heard that you can tell what kind
of cry the baby is telling you. Theres a
wet cry, a hungry cry and a tired cry.
Will I know what kind of cry he/she will
be telling me?
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anttm04
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 121
Posted: 02-04-07 23:01pm
Your baby will let you know when you need
to switch to the other breast..Usually
they will fuss, stop sucking, cry, etc.
When the first is empty...You need to burp
them, like you would if you were bottle
feeding and then switch to the other
side...It's something that takes a little
time and getting used to, like everything
with being a parent, but you'll get the
hang of it....Just got to learn to read
baby's cues..They have no other means of
communication than body language and
crying...
As for the different cries..You likely
won't know at the beginning what he/she is
crying about..It's pretty much trial and
error at first..You see if they are too
hot/cold..If that doesn't work.Do they
need to burp..If that doesn't work..Are
they hungry..If that doesn't work...Do
they need a diaper change, and so
on..Eventually you will be able to tell
which cry is a hungry cry, which means I
am tired, which means I want attention,
etc...It's a learning process, lke
everything else in life...Don't feel badly
if you don't automatically know right off
the bat....Baby will teach you what you
need to know about him/her..It's a
built-in process designed for
survival.....If you ever need to chat or
you have any questions...Feel free to pm
me....My name is tracy..I have 3
children..Ages 11, 9, and 7...And have
helped raise my now 20 year old step
daughter...Been through it all and then
some....You'll do just fine...Have
faith...
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NiCKiDEE5206
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Posted: 02-04-07 23:35pm
Thankyou for the advice. I will remember
to pm you if I need anything else. Im
only 9 weeks but im so excited about this
whole pregnancy thing and I like learning
new things about it in the beginning.
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Auzzie_Wanting_To_Help
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Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 214 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-05-07 01:52am
Formula these days is pretty much exactly
the same as breast milk, they have really
improved it over the last 10 years. My
suggestion would be to not sleep with your
baby in your bed, not only will you expose
the child to the risk of you rolling onto
them but it is really hard to get your
child to sleep in their own bed as they
are used to sleeping in your bed. For the
sake of your child and also your sanity
later on I suggest them sleeping in their
own bed, whether it be right next to your
bed or in their own room. Of course the
end decision is up to you....Goodluck with
what you choose!!
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NiCKiDEE5206
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Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Posted: 02-05-07 01:56am
Well, I bought a bassinet to go beside my
bed so I can have him/her sleep next to me
in the bassinet. So as long as the baby
is next to me beside the bed, then i'll be
fine.
I guess the doctor will give me more
information on breastfeeding and whats
good for me. Because if formula is like
breast milk, than ill just use formula. I
just dont want to risk the infections the
baby could have while using formula
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Auzzie_Wanting_To_Help
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Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 214 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-05-07 02:22am
Yeah a bassinette next to your bed is
fine! It would make it alot easier too
when you have to get up in the middle of
the night. I'm not telling you which one
to choose but all I keep thinking is how
much easier it would be to breastfeed
rather than heating/sterilising etc
bottles! But then again....I am lazy!
Hahaha
formula these days is pretty
much exactly the same as breast milk, they
have really improved it over the last 10
years. My suggestion would be to not
sleep with your baby in your bed, not only
will you expose the child to the risk of
you rolling onto them but it is really
hard to get your child to sleep in their
own bed as they are used to sleeping in
your bed. For the sake of your child
and also your sanity later on I suggest
them sleeping in their own bed, whether it
be right next to your bed or in their own
room. Of course the end decision is
up to you....Goodluck with what you
choose!!
wow youre really dumb.
That is completey false. Formula will
never compare to breastmilk, ever. It is
a bunch of chemicals. And the fake
ara/dha makes many babies sick , because
it is fake. I always have to look for
formula without dha/ara and it is very
hard to find.
Formula does not provide any antibodies
that a mother has built up against
infections.
With breastmilk, it contains all of the
antibodies your body has created to fight
off the infections you once had. You
pass all of that protection on to your
baby.
Please tell me, how in the hell can a
formula do this? It cant.
Here are all the benefits of breastmilk
that formula cant compare to:
breastfeeding
7 ways breastfed babies become healthy
adults
1. Breastfeeding prevents
obesity. Even in infancy, breastfed
babies as a group are leaner than their
formula-fed peers. Studies have shown
that children who are breastfed are less
likely to be obese during adolescence, and
that longer periods of breastfeeding
greatly reduce the risk of being
overweight in adulthood. Overweight
children are more likely to become
overweight adults. Since breastfed
babies themselves control how much they
eat (aided by the changes in fat levels
during a feeding session), children who
are breastfed learn to trust their bodies'
signals about how much they need to eat
and when. This builds healthy eating
habits right from the start. Although
parents might urge a formula-fed baby to
finish up the last ounce or two of milk in
the bottle, you can't do this to a
breastfed baby. When she's done,
she's done!
2. Better teeth. Breastfed
babies have better jaw alignment and are
less likely to need orthodontic work as
they get older. A study of 10,000
children found that those who were
breastfed for a year or more were 40
percent less likely to require orthodontic
treatment. The sucking action used to
breastfeed involves complex motions of the
facial muscles and tongue. This
improves the development of facial muscles
and the shape of the palate. The
better jaw alignment associated with
breastfeeding can even mean less snoring
and a lowered risk for a condition known
as obstructive sleep apnea--the blockage
of air flow during sleep, which can
disturb sleep patterns and lead to other
health problems.
3. Lowered risk of heart
disease. All the evidence isn't in
yet, but some researchers believe that
breastfeeding during infancy may lower the
risk of heart attacks and strokes in later
life. This is due in part to the
higher levels of cholesterol in human
milk. Some heart researchers theorize
that because of the cholesterol content of
human milk, a breastfed baby's liver
learns to metabolize cholesterol better
than formula-fed infants. This leads
to lower blood cholesterol levels as
adults and thus a lower risk of heart
disease. Though limited in number,
some studies have shown that adults who
were formula-fed as infants tend to have
higher blood cholesterol and are more
likely to have arterosclerotic plaques
than those who were breastfed.
4. Lowered risk of juvenile
diabetes. Babies who are breastfed
are less likely to develop type 1 diabetes
mellitus in childhood. Researchers
have attributed this lowered risk of
diabetes to the delayed introduction of
cow milk in breastfed babies. In
addition, researchers have shown a lower
insulin release in breastfed infants
compared to infants fed formula. This
preventive effect is particularly
important if you have a family history of
diabetes.
5. Lowered risk of multiple
sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis, a
degenerative muscle disease that strikes
adults, may be caused in part by myelin
breakdown. However, multiple
sclerosis is less common in countries
where breastfeeding rates are high.
Human milk's contribution to the myelin
formation may help to prevent multiple
sclerosis in later life.
6. Lowered risk of asthma and
allergy. Studies have shown that
breastfeeding lowers the chances of a
child developing allergies and asthma
symptoms. Breastmilk's immune
components protect babies from allergens
in the first months of life.
Breastfeeding also delays the introduction
of potentially allergenic foods, such as
cow milk and soy protein, into the diet
until the baby is older and the immune
system is more mature.
7. Other diseases.
Research suggests that breastfeeding may
also play a role in preventing digestive
diseases, such as ulcerative colitis and
crohn's disease, as well as childhood
cancers. This makes sense: nourish an
infant's body with the unique food
designed for it by nature and that body
will function in a healthier way, perhaps
for the child's entire life.
Breastmilk's influence on health is
probably more far-reaching than
researchers have even dared to imagine,
but studies of factors that affect the
development of disease in adults seldom
ask their research subjects how they were
fed as infants (and many adults would have
trouble giving accurate answers to these
kinds of questions). New studies of
what breastmilk contains suggest that this
living biological fluid carries substances
that are critical to the optimal
development of many systems in the body.
This early development may very well
affect the progress of many diseases
throughout life.
And here is the link to that askdrsears
website, it has a lot of useful
information:
formula does not provide any antibodies
that a mother has built up against
infections. With breastmilk, it
contains all of the antibodies your body
has created to fight off the infections
you once had. You pass all of that
protection on to your baby.
that is very true! I was sick with a
fairly bad cold, sore throat etc. As was
my hubby and most of the family over
.Christmas and our baby did not get sick.
Breastfeeding is the best.
It will be difficult at first but well
worth it. Everyone is different but the
first week was the hardest for me. It
can be uncomfortable in the beginning but
your body will get used to it.
As for leaking, I can only tell you my
experience. After my milk came in
(around day 4) .I was leaking a lot.
Your body will make the amount of milk
your baby needs and eventually you will
probably stop leaking. When my baby
started to sleep through the night (which
was very early, around 3 weeks old! .I
was very lucky. Lol) .I started to leak
again through the night but eventually .I
stopped leaking because my body knew that
he didn't need to be fed during the night
anymore. Now .I am leaking a little bit
again because he has started to eat cereal
and other foods and is not nursing as
often. I plan on nursing until around 1
year. (he will be 7 months on the 10th).
It's amazing how your body will adjust
to what your baby needs.
Good luck to you and again, it is .V.E.R.Y
much worth the little bit of pain and
leaking.
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 02-05-07 18:26pm
I started using formula a couple days
after reese was born, heres my advice.
Try breastfeeding for the first couple of
days, if you dont like it, well then thats
ok, atleast u tried.
I didnt like breast feeding, it hurt, and
reese was very rough, (not much fun) I
find formula alot more convinant, because
I can get shawn to feed reese, its easier
to go out because u dont have to pump or
walk off somewhere to feed your baby u
just pack some bottles and go. Bottles
arnt hard to make, I make up a batch and
put them in the fridge and just heat it up
when reese is hungry, you also know how
much ur baby is eatting because the
bottle will show it but u cant tell how
much he/she is eatting when drinking
breastmilk (unless pumped)
another thing you could do if you dont
like the idea of the babys mouth on ur
breast is just pumping your milk into
bottles and heating it up later.
Atleast try breast milk because it carrys
antibodys that are very helpful for your
babys devolpment... Anyways goodluck
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arcadia
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Posted: 02-05-07 18:36pm
There is no comparison to breastmilk. At
least try. Breastfeeding for any amount
of time is better than nothing at all.
Your baby benefits *so* much from your
breastmilk. Especially the colostrum the
first few days. If you try it & it
really honestly isn't for you, then okay,
so be it. At least you tried. But
don't decide just on things you've heard
from people. Do your own research &
weigh the pros & cons. & .Then
decide what'll work best for you &
your baby.
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NiCKiDEE5206
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 207 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Posted: 02-05-07 23:27pm
I just bought a book today at walmart
called the pros and cons of breastfeeding.
Its giving me a lot of advice on whether
or not breastfeeding is best. So, ill try
it and see if it works out.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 02-05-07 23:49pm
Breastfeeding does take some work to get
it right, but it's so worth it. I've been
breastfeeding my daughter for 6 months
now, and she has never once been sick. No
colds, stomach viruses, fevers, nada.
Once she learned how to latch on properly
(latching on means attaching to the
nipple) there was no pain at all.
Your body was designed to feed your child.
Your breastmilk is tailormade especially
for your baby, and is constantly changing
to meet your baby's nutritional needs.
Your baby gets protection from your
antibodies to help ward off illness.
Formula doesn't come close to comparing.
