Comments on: The Breast Feeding Quandry (*withdrawn article)

By: Sofia S.

Sofia S. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:10:26 +0000

Dear Azucar,
thank you for your valuable comment.
We agree with you. MomsNBabies is STRONGLY supporting
BREASTFEEDING and all the efforts, attitudes and initiatives
that reinforce the guidance of New Moms to this natural
and optimum choice for them and their babies.
The article will be withdrawn.
Kind Regards
Sofia S.

By: Sofia S.

Sofia S. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:05:00 +0000

Dear Casey,
thank you for your comments on the article.
We will withdraw it and just keep our friends’ feedback.
Kind Regards
Sofia S.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:17 +0000

I find this article very misleading. You say that many new mothers have difficulties producing milk. That is untrue. Many new mothers receive incorrect advice (like this article) and are concerned that they are not producing enough milk because so many people tell them that any bump they experience is likely caused by a poor supply of milk. You also say that there are allergies that prohibit mothers from breastfeeding. That is also untrue in many and most situations. If a baby has an allergy, a mother can remove a food from her diet therefore removing her baby’s exposure to it.

There are so many things wrong with this article and the logic behind it. If you are not a proponent of breastfeeding, at least say so. Don’t pretend to support breastfeeding while all the while using incorrect reasoning, misinformation, and outright untruths to support your point. If you don’t want women to breastfeed, at least own it.

By: Azucar

Azucar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:56 +0000

Hahahaha.

So much of this information is specious and backwards. The very title of this article is insulting.

Formula feeding was “readily accepted” back in the 50s and 60s. These days we know better. Women are trying to breastfeed their babies in higher and higher percentages, not lower. We know that breast milk is uniquely designed to feed human babies like something created in a lab made from milk meant for cow babies, is not.

Your assertion that “many” new mothers cannot produce enough milk is flat out WRONG. 3-4 % of new mothers cannot produce enough milk. So your statement should reading “A minuscule amount of new mothers” cannot produce enough milk.

I’m a working mother. I’ve had two children. They have only had breast milk. It’s not a “quandry,” it’s not impossible, it just takes planning.

Formula is superfluous in nearly every circumstance, and is not even close to a “mimic” of breast milk. It’s important that women aren’t sold a bill of goods. If breastfeeding hurts, get help, you’re doing it wrong. You CAN nurse and work. You CAN produce enough milk for your babies. Women need to trust their bodies.

Articles like this, based on simple conjecture and historically inaccurate, do nothing to help the debate, and instead perpetuate mother-undermining nonsense. Who wants to read something that told me that I was going to fail?

I mean honestly, is this the best that momsnbabies.com has to offer?