Does it ever seem like...

Krystal - posted on 11/16/2010

I also plan to become a lactation consultant to help encourage other mommy's to breastfeed. I ask every mom I've ever come across if they breastfeed or plan to and some have gotten defensive, and others are just plain scared but it doesn't help when their mothers didn't breastfeed and so they have no support or more commonly never seen a breastfeeding woman before. I hope that one day this can change and we as breastfeeding mothers should always always ALWAYS point out the benefits about BF'ing even if they don't want to hear it quite frankly (especially if friends and family) because it is a selfish choice not to.

Krystal - posted on 11/16/2010

I am twenty years old, two kids, 2 1/2 and 6 months. I breastfed my first for close to a year and then we introduced cow's milk and she didn't want to nurse anymore. I absolutely love breastfeeding and out of close to 50 girls I know have at least one kid under the age of 2 and me along with three other girls are the only ones to breastfeed. Two of them will wean at 6 months, and one will be weaning at 1 year. Disappointment is what goes through my mind. I just met a girl who has nothing, due in 5 days no crib, still trying to find a car seat, NOTHING and she just doesn't want to breastfeed. My biggest thing is not only is it the best for babies but if you are broke, it's free!!!! and convenient, easy (at some point) and just the bond you get from it is amazing!! We are hoping to go two years with my second and to help that we'll be pushing cow's milk back a while. We EBF until 6 months, and she has never had a bottle but loves her cuppy. I wish there was more young moms breastfeeding since sadly we make up the majority of mothers this generation!

Brittany - posted on 10/27/2010

OMG i felt like i was the only one, so glad to see all of you agreeing on this. I have had several friends have babies, all of which i have tried to encourage to breastfeed. I have a 5 month old little girl, who is breastfed, and will be until she chooses to wean herself. I have one friend who was allll for it, but "she was having latch on trouble" and stopped after breastfeeding once, and is now using formula. I have also been scrutanized for my choice to breastfeed, like its foreign. I just tell ppl that i want the best for my daughter, so i breastfeed, no matter how hard it was at first, who cares if i cant drink, who cares if im the only one that can feed her , its the very best, and im sorry but second best isnt good enough with me. I have also been targeted because i decided to have natural labor. I am an info junkie and read a lot before giving birth, and found out the problems with epidurals, and the increase of c-sections, and the way it makes breastfeeding harder, and i just get "were not in the stone age, why hurt when you dont have to."

Cassie - posted on 10/26/2010

yupp the same here hunnie!! My sister who encouraged me to bf has even stopped and its now the same with her!! And when i ask my pregnant friends if there going to breastfeed they look at me like im from a different planet!!

Olivia - posted on 10/14/2010

Oh yes it absolutely does! I have sooo many friends that have had babies and I am the only one out of them that breastfeeds. Like I look on the FB and it's like none of them even tried, (except one of my friends tried the first day, but her baby wouldn't latch and she gave up). I wish they would have atleast tried. But so many just give up. I am still breastfeeding my almost 15 month old and I plan to let him self-wean. I am so happy that I can breastfeed, especially when so many young moms around me aren't doing. It is the best for our babies and I'm thankful I have the ability to do it for him. I only go away from my son a few hrs a week (because I'm in college). Then I see all these girls going off and it's like a bunch of them are always partying. Like did you not see its time to grow up? Idk, it really irritates me seeing stuff like that. I love being with my son all the time. I just wish more would try breastfeeding and not give up if it gets hard. Thank God my son took right to it, and I never had a problem once with it.

Mary - posted on 10/13/2010

I've definitely noticed this. I have a couple of FB friends who leave their babies close to every weekend. Some who tried to breast feed then chose not too, some that didnt even try. I've only been away from my 2 year old a couple of times (only twice over night-once i was giving birth and the 2nd was in the hospital with her sister). I defintely feel alone.