So how about those mothers who are unable to breastfeed due to medical conditions. I’m so tired of these jerks making my daughter feel like a bad mother when she had her baby last month. Sure she could breastfeed her baby, but the medication that she has to take would be bad for the baby. So guess how many people in the hospital want to know why you don’t want to breastfeed? She was already upset that she couldn’t, but she tried to look at the bright side. Now that she’s getting up every two to three hours at night, she says she is thankful for the bottles. I know she would have rather breastfed, but I was thankful for her positive outlook. She’s a much better mother than I was. I’m so proud of her.
Lactation nazis. They are obsessed.
“I’m so tired of these jerks making my daughter feel like a bad mother..”
I’ve been there. For several different reasons (including being on medication), I couldn’t breast feed and the nursing staff at the hospital were HORRIBLE! Breast feeding is being pushed by the medical society and our culture as always being the best choice. It isn’t in all cases. For one thing, if you bottle feed, the formula has everything that the baby needs. You need to eat something like 2,500 calories a day. Very few women have that type of appetite after birth. Plus, I liked the fact that my husband and I were both able to feed the baby (especially when I was recovering from birth). However, I have known some women who breast fed but returned to work after four weeks for 10-12 hour days (leaving their infant in the hands of a paid nanny). They were the same women who said they were the best Moms in the world because of this one action. Tell your daughter that being a good Mom isn’t about one specific event like breast feeding. It is doing all the other good Mom stuff.
God bless you and your family. That baby was born and the Universe is changed forever. It is my hope that your daughter and the little one are immensely happy together.