That question never gets old :/ No I am not pregnant with twins. Yes I am sure. As sure as one person can be with all the technology available to me. I do feel more like 34 weeks pregnant than 32 weeks. I do think baby had a growth spurt over the weekend. But I know I still have weeks of this left. ☺ I have ventured a guess, maybe too early, for my delivery date. I guess 1/21/2013. Josh said 2/3/13 this morning. He doesn't remember his guess from last week :o) Today is brought to me by back pain apparently ☺ I suppose it comes with the territory. I went to the obgyn friday, baby is head down ish. Her head is curled into my hip, so she is a little crooked. No one is worried about that yet, still plenty of time to straighten out. If she doesn't then its a c section, which I am also fine with. I'm not one of these women who feel they have to deliver "naturally" by any sense of the word. I trust the medical staff around me. No one is trying to hurt me or my baby or giving me bad advice to get more money in their pocket. Oh! So I was watching a video about breast feeding (because I do not want a lactation consultant to see the girls. I know its silly after pushing a baby from my body, that I would be so modest about my chest, but I am, and I intend to stay that way) and I think it was sponsored by Ameda. One of the big breast pump companies at any rate. It was not too bad until about 6 minutes in when they started going on and on about how sickly non breast fed babies could be. It makes me so mad that they toss this stuff around like it is fact. It is not fact. It is not black and white. Is is not like breast fed babies have super human immune systems and will live longer and healthier than formula fed babies. They went as far to claim breast fed babies have a lower risk of SIDs. So what are you trying to tell me? That I am putting my baby in danger by not breast feeding?! That is ridiculous and cruel to put a new mother through that emotional wringer. They said formula fed babies will have more allergies, diabetes, and more illness in general than breast fed babies. Zoe had only formula from day one. She did not have her first illness until 14 months. She has no allergies, except to rabbits. She is perfectly healthy. Grr. It just makes me so mad that "they" spew this crap to vulnerable emotional new moms who only want the best for their baby. Nothing is going to happen if you do not breast feed. Jebus!!!!
all kinds of people only formula feed their babies that blog seems to be a very supportive place, stories of women who couldn't breast feed, who didn't want to breast feed, whatever the case may be.
Point being: I will not say boo to you about your choice to feed your baby breast milk or formula. Why do you have any right to say anything to me about my choice. Live and let live people.
Of course, I think you should be informed equally in both sides before making a decision. That's just common sense though, isn't it?
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