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First of all let me say that I am happy for people to parent how they want, bf, ff or combi that's up to them. But I am posting on here purely because I know this post will probably be taken out of context by some people.
I have worked hard to breastfeed my daughter, she is now 21 months and still going, I pumped for over 6 months whilst at work which was really difficult as there was no where I could do it except the women's changing room where there was always the chance of being disterbed. She has a full mouth of teeth bar 4 which are on the brink of coming through, yet I constantly hear of women giving up because baby has one or two teeth. I am fed up of hearing that people think formula is the same as breastmilk, it is as similar as its going to get but not and never will be equal as it is not naturally biologically made for baby, its not even made from the milk of the same species. But so people can feel better about themselves they try to downplay and belittle my achievement. Yes you felt stopping or never breastfeeding was right for you but it does not mean you can try to push it onto me so that you can feel better about yourself. If you feel that you need to do this then please look at why you feel this need before you talk to me. The worst was 'don't you think you've suffered enough' - no actually I've enjoyed doing what I think is best for my family.
I firmly believe that eating as naturally as possible is the best thing to do for MY family, (I have put that in bold as I do whats best for my own family and am sure that everyone else does this for THEIR family). I eat organically as much as possible and try to avoid processed food/synthetic vitamins as much as possible. Therefore to me, breastfeeding, as the most natural feeding substance for babies, is the best for my children.
I feel really lucky that I have been able to do it for this long but I also feel that I have made a huge effort to get here, I had PND at 7 months and still continued to bf and I feel that even though I know some women can't (or wont) breastfeed, I wish it would be recognised as an achievement rather than being downplayed as 'not worth it' which is how I feel modern day attitudes are. I am also more angry being pregnant I think.
I have worked hard to breastfeed my daughter, she is now 21 months and still going, I pumped for over 6 months whilst at work which was really difficult as there was no where I could do it except the women's changing room where there was always the chance of being disterbed. She has a full mouth of teeth bar 4 which are on the brink of coming through, yet I constantly hear of women giving up because baby has one or two teeth. I am fed up of hearing that people think formula is the same as breastmilk, it is as similar as its going to get but not and never will be equal as it is not naturally biologically made for baby, its not even made from the milk of the same species. But so people can feel better about themselves they try to downplay and belittle my achievement. Yes you felt stopping or never breastfeeding was right for you but it does not mean you can try to push it onto me so that you can feel better about yourself. If you feel that you need to do this then please look at why you feel this need before you talk to me. The worst was 'don't you think you've suffered enough' - no actually I've enjoyed doing what I think is best for my family.
I firmly believe that eating as naturally as possible is the best thing to do for MY family, (I have put that in bold as I do whats best for my own family and am sure that everyone else does this for THEIR family). I eat organically as much as possible and try to avoid processed food/synthetic vitamins as much as possible. Therefore to me, breastfeeding, as the most natural feeding substance for babies, is the best for my children.
I feel really lucky that I have been able to do it for this long but I also feel that I have made a huge effort to get here, I had PND at 7 months and still continued to bf and I feel that even though I know some women can't (or wont) breastfeed, I wish it would be recognised as an achievement rather than being downplayed as 'not worth it' which is how I feel modern day attitudes are. I am also more angry being pregnant I think.