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Question: What, if anything, should I say to my friend who just gave birth to twins and is wanting to breastfeed?
Okay, I have a 9-month-old that I am still happily breastfeeding. I advocate and support breastfeeding. That being said, I have often told people that I felt that I couldn’t have done it if I didn’t stay home with him (I have trouble pumping) or if I had had twins. Or if I was single and didn’t have support. It was hard enough as it was. So I don’t judge anyone who does not breastfeed.
Now, my friend just gave birth 2 days ago to twins at 36 weeks. Technically they are premature, but they are the same size as my son was (my son was small at 39 weeks) and only one of them (the boy) is having any trouble with sucking and swallowing (but he is not on a feeding tube he takes a bottle, he’s just not great at it) The girl is taking the bottle great and also did better at nursing than my son did at first.
However, both twins are being fed mostly Similac in the hospital “until her milk comes in.” Again, they are technically preemie but the girl is like a completely normal full term baby and the boy is only having the slightest trouble feeding…doesn’t want to stay latched….neither did my son but he wasn’t preemie.
What the pediatrician told me when I gave birth was that my son would survive for 2 weeks without even being fed at all so I didn’t need to worry about if he was getting enough and just let him nurse whenever he had hunger cues even before my “milk came in.” Also, the contact was supposed to make my milk come in quicker. I told the nurses not to give my child any formula.
I also have a friend who is breastfeeding her daughter that was born a week earlier than these twins and was the same size and she did not have to feed her daughter formula.
I don’t want to give my friend unwanted advice or seem like I am judging her or anything and I’m not sure whose idea the formula was (doctors, nurses, grandmothers, or moms…the grandmothers seemed to want to pump those babies full of formula though) but I wondering if I should tell her what my doctor told me so she can at least ask her doctor about it?
She wants to be one of those breastfeeding, babywearing, cloth diapering mommies (I don’t even do cloth diapers!) but I am worried that these babies having a bottle and formula may mess up her chances at breastfeeding. Now I am wondering if alot these people who say their “milk never came in” are people who started off with formula “until their milk came in” but enough milk never did come in because they weren’t being suckled. (I know milk comes in either way but I also know there is a supply and demand thing going on)
Also, I don’t understand why, if the girl is great at nursing, she is not nursing but taking a bottle? Maybe my friend has really decided to give up on breastfeeding (which I would be fine with and support because I think I couldn’t breastfeed twins.) But I know she had her heart set on it and I am just wondering if
1. This formula feeding will possibly turn her into one of those disappointed people who wanted to breastfeed but “couldn’t” and she’ll be trying to build a supply later on.
and
2. If that is true, should I say anything about it or just keep my mouth shut? I am not being mean I just want breastfeeding to work out for her if thats what she wants.
my child’s doctor told me that about surviving for weeks after birth…he said they are born with enough fluid to survive for a couple of weeks before absolutely needing to be fed
lol yeah lyndsey i made enough milk for quads in the beginning i swear i did!
Answer:
Answer by mommy & wife
Ask her if she’s talked to a lactation consultant yet. Maybe the LC could help her with the milk comming in issues and formula situation.
Also, does the hospital have a pump she can “rent” or something so she can pump and give the babies colustrum? Maybe just putting the thought of starting the pumping process may help, I’m not sure though!
Question: What do you think about my fanfic?
“No. Not tonight,” Charlie cried as he buried his tears in his pillow.
“Oh yes, tonight. Tonight, just like yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that, and a hundred nights stretching before that ending at the day you came to live with me. Tonight, just like tomorrow.” And with that, Willy Wonka removed his pants with a smirk. Usually, Charlie’s parents and grandparents had been forced to watch, but Willy had killed them all and used their remains as seasoning for a new type of candy, Scrumdidllyumptious Green Soylet Surprise. Tonight would be Charlie’s first night alone.
“Please, Mr. Wonka, please don’t!” Charlie gave out one last sob of beligerrence, but the Candyman tore off the young boy’s trousers with no senses of regret. “Let’s see, what do we have hear today? Is there a treat for me? I most certainly hope there is,” said Mr.Wonka as we delved his thumb and two fingers into Charlie’s anus. Forcing them in until they were at the knuckle, Willy moved his hand around, as if he was searching for something. Then, his hand stopped, suddenly.
“EUREKA! I found it!” Removing his fingers, Charlie saw that firmly clutched in Mr. Wonka’s hand was an everlasting gobstopper that Wonka had placed in there last night. Taking a lick, Mr. Wonka declared “It tastes just as delicious as the day I made it, although I don’t know how I got so much corn on the shell formula.” Wonka said the last line with a wink at Charlie, as if he expected him to laugh.
“Oh well, time for business.” And with that, Willy Wonka dropped the gobstopper to his side and began to slide his PENIS into Charlie’s now-loose asshole. Charlie let out a small tear and he began to grunt with every thrust. He must escape this madness. He must kill Willy Wonka.
But there were no knives in his home, in his prison. There were no guns or swords or matches, or anything. Everything that was needed was done for you by an oompa-loompa.
“Charlie, in a few minutes I’m going to place this in your mouth. I think you should like it, it’s flavored with an exlusive mix of Charlie Bucket chocolate. Thanks for not wiping, baby.”
Charlie had given himself poor anal hygeiene in an attempt to scare Wonka away, but Willy ignored it and fucked him all the same, except now with more facials.
Charlie desperatly wanted out of this hell, and by now he was willing to go through any plan he could in order to escape. And that’s when he saw it. Next to Wonka’s shaking knees was a gobstopper. Charlie moved his hands back as if to play with Willy, but as soon as he was close enough, he grabbed the gobstopper and swallowed it hole. The taste was revolting, but he had grown used to the taste and smell of his own anal production, so it passed into his throat with no problem. And in his throat is where it lodged.
By the time Willy Wonka had figured out Charlie was dead, he had already came in the young child’s asshole, wondering why the child did not let loose a barage of tears telling him to pull out.
Placing his PENIS in Charlie’s mouth, he noticed the boy’s flesh to be unusually cold and his tongue to be unresponsive. Fucking him orally anyway, Willy Wonka knew exactly what to do with his apprentice.
He called out to the worker oompa-loompas and told them to take care of the body as they pleased, to which the oompa loompas chuckled and exchanged mischevious smiles. At once, he signaled for the Chief Loompa. Making motions, Wonka spoke to him.
“Another one has died.”
“So, what should I do, sir?”
“Distribute the memory eraser chocolate, again,”
“And then, boss?”
“Tell the world that my factory is opening it’s doors to the public after 15 years of life as a hermit. And make sure only boys find the gold this time.”
Answer:
Answer by Hisaki
Sorry, but I’ll be honest and straightforward.
I think it is not interesting. I’m a yaoi lover, but since I like long stories that have a pretty complete plot, a one-shot scene like this didn’t interest me.
Also I can’t quite feel Charlie’s despair and hopelessness. You need to write more about his situation or what he is feeling with more dramatization to show us how tormented he is.
Question: How can I convince my friend to breastfeed?
I have a 22 year old friend and she’s 8 months pregnant with a baby girl, I bought her a breast pump as a surprise for her and she said “oh, I’m not breastfeeding, I’m using formula.” I was (and still am) shocked.
I told her everything about how its selfish, and how it makes her baby smarter, it helps the baby grow and all she had to say was “I find it gross that a baby is on my private area.”
I then told her how she sexualised her breast actually MADE for babies and all she had to say was “no, but oh well.”
How can I convince her..please help for the sake of the baby!
Answer:
Answer by Pippin
Well, having insulted her and treated her like a moron, it’s not surprising that she’s already shut her ears to anything you have to say.
You can’t convince her.
EDIT: Hmm… just looked back at your older questions and see a couple from a few days back where you said that YOU formula fed your babies because it ‘creeped you out’ to have a baby on your nipple.
Couldn’t be trolling now, could you?
My Story Part 1 I was born march 9, 1978 in the rural south in a small town called Dublin, GA. If you know anything about the south you know that southerners are proud of and enjoy their home cooked meals. The usual country menu consists of fried chicken, pork chops, collard greens, bacon, grits and macaroni and cheese to name just a few of the many delicious choices. To start, I am what is referred to in the south as a similac baby. Around the time I was born the new baby formula was what was used by everyone to feed their babies instead good healthy breast milk. Anyway, the hot brand to use was similac pretty much the same today, hence branding the generation of kids similac babies. I would imagine I owe credit to the baby formula company for the mentality of mixing all of my food with other food. My mix of choice for food was the incredible eatable bacteria “cheese”. I would mix cheese with almost everything. Cheese with eggs, cheese with rice, cheese with sausage, it just didn’t matter either there was cheese or it just wasn’t right. Although, it tasted great, adding cheese with the already highly saturated fat and highly refined carbohydrate menu of the south, it was a recipe for disaster. CHECK BACK FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MY STORY, MAYBE YOU CAN BENEFIT….. Hello everybody, my name is LeeI am a stay at home dad . My channel and videos are all about physical mental and spiritual health . Although many stay at home dads get benefit from my videos many stay at home …
Question: A question for WIC and/or food stamp mommies– kind of long, sorry?
Do you feel judged when you go into the store and use your WIC or your food stamps?
I receive roughly 95 bucks per month in food stamps, and I receive WIC as well. I’m a single mom, I have a job working in an office for a Portable Toilet and Septic company where I make $ 8.25 per hour and I own my own trailer in which myself and my daughter live. I am very thankful for the help I receive, but I am somewhat embarrassed by it. I feel judged every time I go into the store with my WIC checks or my food stamps. I feel so strongly about it that I will not use my WIC on the same day I use my food stamps, and Vice Versa. I hate to use either of them unless I have cash to spend in the store as well. and I hate just going to the store to ONLY get my WIC, or to ONLY spend food stamps.
I am trying super hard to get off of the public assistance, and am gradually getting to the point to do so. I hate the way I feel though. Like if I’m in the store to get WIC, I want to only do it when I need diapers or wipes or something else for my baby. I can’t even buy something for myself that I need without feeling guilty. I feel like the clerk is saying to herself, ” You can afford to buy that for your self but you can’t afford to buy formula for your baby?” One time in Walmart I felt SO shitty because the clerk rang in the WIC checks wrong, and she had to take everything back out of the bags and ring it up again. She did this with both the checks I got that day. ( one for formula and one for milk eggs and such) Now I know she probably didn’t do it on purpose, but this lady that was behind me in line was growing irritated, and was not being discreet about it and kept making comments. At one point I even turned to her and said “I’m so sorry ma’am” and she said “yeah” and the look on her face definitely showed her irritation. Today I had to go get formula, but I couldn’t really afford to buy anything with cash, so I just ended up getting 1 WIC check. The whole time I was standing in line I was thinking about what other people must think of me. Isn’t that crazy? I know I shouldn’t give a rats behind what other people think, but I can’t help it. Does anyone else ever feel this way? Did you eventually get over it, and if so, how? Do you ever feel like the clerk in the store is judging you?
I know some of you want to say things like “If you couldn’t afford a baby, you shouldn’t have one” and “If you breastfed you wouldn’t have to worry about formula”, and some other comments that I have already heard since becoming a member here, so if that is all your going to say, you can just say “thanks for the 2 points” and be on with your day because I have heard stuff like that coming from all different directions, and my brain can’t handle anymore. In other words, I am WAY harder on myself than anyone else could possibly EVER be, so you might as well just not waste your time.
Thanks.
You guys all rock. Thanks for your answers. I hate to say it, but it’s kind of nice to know that other people have felt the same way I do.
Answer:
Answer by ♥Love♥
I don’t care what people think really. I get wic, not FS and healthcare for my kids but I’m going to do what I can to make life better for me and mine so if that means taking what I qualify for from the govt I’m doing it. I breastfeed and get milk and such from wic so the grocery bill is $ 15 cheaper each week.
Question: How can I defend myself and my daughter from a false neglect claim?
I post a question about my daughter’s weight every few days and the responses repeat what all the other pediatrician’s opinions that she’s not the weight she should be in accordance with her birth weight which was 9lb 4oz (I was 7lb and her father was 8lb so we don’t know why she was so big) but that she is still a healthy 15lb 4oz 7 month old. She lost close to 2 lb in the hospital after she was born she regained the weight in 2 1/2 weeks and gains weight regularly just she isn’t 20lb like the weight charts recommend. She eats about 24-30 oz of formula a day and about a 3/4 a jar of baby foods and some of those garber graduates cereal pieces here and there. She is only fussy when she is tired, but other than that she is happy and crawls around all day like any other baby. She sits up by herself and plays with her toys and is social. I’m lucky to have such a happy sweet baby.
At her 6 month check up before I took her for her shots (including the flu shot) I talked to her fill in pediatrician (her’s was on vacation) about her weight gain and what she should eat. The pediatrician didn’t even listen to her whole history, she asked how I feed her and I said that she eats 6 oz of formula at a time unless she is constipated and then I might add .5 oz of water each extra with some Karo syrup. She said that I can’t “water her formula” and that’s why she was always small from birth on (I breastfeed until 2 month ago and she was still on the same growth pattern as now).
Even though the pediatrician gave me an attitude I didn’t say no to a follow up with her 4 days later. That night my daughter had a low fever and didn’t want to eat probably because she got all of her shots for 6 months and her flu shot. The next day she was fine and ate normally. At the appointment 4 days later she had lost 1 oz from 4 days before. Her pediatrician freaked out and ordered blood work to be done and said she would probably have to go to a gastroenterologist. Then there was no call for a month (in which my baby gained a pound) which I took as a good sign. The 7 month appointment the doctor had an attitude saying things like ‘are you still doctoring the baby’s food” I asked how to prevent my baby from having rough skin on her knees from crawling and the pediatrician said “why didn’t you buy her knee pads” (do baby knee pads even exist?!) When I was leaving she said “instead of driving out here so often I’ll have a nurse drive out to do the next weight follow up in your home’. The way she said it really seemed odd, especially because she was clear that there was nothing to worry about with the blood tests.
Today my husband got a call from a nurse who was instructed to observe and instruct me on how to feed my baby. My husband doesn’t care he’s an asshole I’ve always known that, but it makes me wonder what’s next from this pediatrician and what I should do or if I am even wrong.
By the way I have always been small I was not a low birth weight but the average 7lb 8oz but I was skinny my whole life. I didn’t weigh over a 100lb until I was 16. My dad is 5’9 and 145lb, my mom after 5 kids is 5’6 and 121lb. Even now 7 month after having a 9lb 4 oz baby I weigh 115lb (that’s without dieting or exercising). All the other pediatricians said that’s probably the explanation for my baby’s weight now.
Only serious answers please. Thank you for reading the entire question.
One of the pediatrician’s told me that if she hasn’t pooped for a day than add a table spoon of Karo syrup to a bottle of her formula (once not like all of them) and she will poop (it works) but now I just use pear juice with some nursery water if she is constipated
Answer:
Answer by Jane
they are sending the nurse to you to check your home situation out and be sure that you are feeding the child properly. if you are doing what you should (and you seem to be) then don’t worry. if the nurse says everything is ok at home, then maybe the doctor will take your concerns seriously and check deeper into your child’s health issues.
this is good for you and the baby.
Question: Why do women constantly say that they don’t have enough milk?
I really don’t get why so many women say “Oh well I don’t make enough milk, my baby isn’t satisfied, so I need to give him/her formula”
I only have one child so I am willing to throw out that my experience is limited, but I think this sentiment is absurd. Your breasts constantly make milk! They don’t necessarily make it fast, but if you let you infant feed and feed they spend enough time at it to get enough milk, and then your supply increases and within a day or two you make enough milk to not need to feed them frequently.
It really bothers me how ignorant people (including health professionals) are about how breastfeeding works. My OWN pediatrician told me that it if my daughter was feeding every hour while awake that she was just using me as a pacifier. And he was completely wrong. She just needed to nurse constantly to get enough milk, and by doing so she increased my supply to where she didn’t need to nurse constantly. It wasn’t fun having her suck on my nearly empty breasts for hours and I know that on a few occasions she was fussy over it and it but now I assure you I have MORE than enough milk. I am glad I knew about cluster feeding and building up a supply, etc because otherwise I would have thought I didn’t have enough milk either.
It seems like we just set women up to fail at breast feeding by perpetuating this myth that you should be naturally bursting with milk and that if you aren’t and your baby fusses he or she needs to be “topped off” with a bottle. Not to mention that once you start bottle feeding them, of course they are going to get pissed off when you are slowly making milk that they have to actually work for instead of getting milk fast from the bottle.
And this isn’t to start a war or anything, I just think it’s awful that we don’t properly help women breastfeed. There are a lot of women out there who feel like failures for not being able to breastfeed, and I bet most (though not all so chill out!) of them could have succeeded if they had PROPER help from the very start.
Look, read what I wrote a little more carefully, I know it’s LONG but I am not being judgmental at all.
It bothers me that so many women out there feel like failures and go through so much crap when I truly think that with PROPER help they would not have to be going through this. But PROPER help doesn’t seem to exist in my opinion. It shouldn’t have to be such a struggle!
OMFG!
Stop being defensive, read it, it’s not an attack.
As a member of society it is my concern. As a woman who struggled to breastfeed it is my concern. This is not a freaking flame piece. I am try to start a conversation about why we think it’s acceptable to perpetuate these false ideas about what it means to breastfeed. The false ideas that have caused a lot of mothers a lot of heartache, myself included.
You are right, the question in the title itself does not really express the sentiment of my thoughts. I just have a bee in my bonnet about this because of my own experiences with unhelpful health professionals, and since I am frustrated with the system, not the women who have problems breastfeeding, I should have worded it differently. It just makes me sad to see all these posts all the time of women who have no clue, or who feel like failures because we aren’t given the help we need to successfully and confidently breastfeed.
Answer:
Answer by ~*Mrs. BAT~*Kalinas mom*~
Because some of us DON’T make enough milk for many reasons. I’ve had this problem and I’ve tried everything I could to correct it and my baby was losing weight, not wetting as many diapers, not having many bowel movements, etc. Now she’s on formula and we think she’s lactose intolerant, so we’re giving her lactose free right now and it’s made a world of difference. You have no right to judge women when you don’t know their exact circumstance. Yes, some women just think they aren’t making enough, but some of us AREN’T making enough. Formula is better than letting a baby starve, isn’t it? Get a life and stop criticizing and judging other women.
EDIT: I did read your question and it comes across rude and judgmental.
My niece Megan miller lost and had to take a tablespoon of Kensleys baby formula. here is her video
A 6 month old talking baby rants about Christmas (E Trade baby commercial spoof).
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