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akeemah (12/4/2008)
jbuckle (12/4/2008)
Personally, I don't think it's necessarily a concious choice because of marketing. I'd be absolutely shocked if anyone said "yes" marketing influenced my decision. I think the marketing has made it an acceptable choice in our society. I don't think that you can imply that women are not smart or too dumb to figure out what's best for their child but I think that the marketing definitely makes people believe that formula is as good as breastfeeding. The risks are not very clear or made public. I also think it says a lot about our support of breastfeeding when hospitals are giving out cases of formula. Particularly the way formula companies target third world countries where babies actually die from consuming formula. Now that's what is really heartbreaking to me. I don't really care what people choose to do at all. Most of my friends have formula fed at one point or another. But I think the risks should be made public before women choose one way or another and proper support should be in place. I really don't think that's fair, hospitals don't, as a general rule, give out cases of formula. They did in MY specific case because of the complications I had and they knew I was not able to breastfeed, so really it's not at all a matter of the support of breastfeeding. All the nurses at my hospital were also certified lactation consultants, as is mandatory and all were 100% in favour of breastfeeding but considerate enough not shove it down my throat that I couldn't. I"m sorry - I didn't mean to offend you. Perhaps in your case it was different. But I think that in many, many cases they do give out formula far too easily. In my case, my lo had formula BEFORE I even woke up from surgery!
~ Married On July 22, 2006. ~  ~A MOMMY since Dec.21st and LOVING it!~
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jbuckle (12/4/2008)
akeemah (12/4/2008)
jbuckle (12/4/2008)
Personally, I don't think it's necessarily a concious choice because of marketing. I'd be absolutely shocked if anyone said "yes" marketing influenced my decision. I think the marketing has made it an acceptable choice in our society. I don't think that you can imply that women are not smart or too dumb to figure out what's best for their child but I think that the marketing definitely makes people believe that formula is as good as breastfeeding. The risks are not very clear or made public. I also think it says a lot about our support of breastfeeding when hospitals are giving out cases of formula. Particularly the way formula companies target third world countries where babies actually die from consuming formula. Now that's what is really heartbreaking to me. I don't really care what people choose to do at all. Most of my friends have formula fed at one point or another. But I think the risks should be made public before women choose one way or another and proper support should be in place. I really don't think that's fair, hospitals don't, as a general rule, give out cases of formula. They did in MY specific case because of the complications I had and they knew I was not able to breastfeed, so really it's not at all a matter of the support of breastfeeding. All the nurses at my hospital were also certified lactation consultants, as is mandatory and all were 100% in favour of breastfeeding but considerate enough not shove it down my throat that I couldn't. I"m sorry - I didn't mean to offend you. Perhaps in your case it was different. But I think that in many, many cases they do give out formula far too easily. In my case, my lo had formula BEFORE I even woke up from surgery! No, no offense taken but I think we need to realize that it's not all black and white and honestly the nurses at our hospital are soooo pro EBF, which I am 100% too, but I'm glad that they realized that there are circumstances and acted accordingly. They did ask if I wanted to pump in hopes that weeks later I'll be able to BF, which my body couldn't handle unfortunately, and they were really supportive with my situation. My lo had formula before I woke up from surgery too and I'm so glad he did or he would have not been fed for over 24 hours.
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akeemah (12/4/2008)
jbuckle (12/4/2008)
akeemah (12/4/2008)
jbuckle (12/4/2008)
Personally, I don't think it's necessarily a concious choice because of marketing. I'd be absolutely shocked if anyone said "yes" marketing influenced my decision. I think the marketing has made it an acceptable choice in our society. I don't think that you can imply that women are not smart or too dumb to figure out what's best for their child but I think that the marketing definitely makes people believe that formula is as good as breastfeeding. The risks are not very clear or made public. I also think it says a lot about our support of breastfeeding when hospitals are giving out cases of formula. Particularly the way formula companies target third world countries where babies actually die from consuming formula. Now that's what is really heartbreaking to me. I don't really care what people choose to do at all. Most of my friends have formula fed at one point or another. But I think the risks should be made public before women choose one way or another and proper support should be in place. I really don't think that's fair, hospitals don't, as a general rule, give out cases of formula. They did in MY specific case because of the complications I had and they knew I was not able to breastfeed, so really it's not at all a matter of the support of breastfeeding. All the nurses at my hospital were also certified lactation consultants, as is mandatory and all were 100% in favour of breastfeeding but considerate enough not shove it down my throat that I couldn't. I"m sorry - I didn't mean to offend you. Perhaps in your case it was different. But I think that in many, many cases they do give out formula far too easily. In my case, my lo had formula BEFORE I even woke up from surgery! No, no offense taken but I think we need to realize that it's not all black and white and honestly the nurses at our hospital are soooo pro EBF, which I am 100% too, but I'm glad that they realized that there are circumstances and acted accordingly. They did ask if I wanted to pump in hopes that weeks later I'll be able to BF, which my body couldn't handle unfortunately, and they were really supportive with my situation. My lo had formula before I woke up from surgery too and I'm so glad he did or he would have not been fed for over 24 hours. In my case, formula was not needed. His tummy was so very, very small a clean finger to suck on would have been enough. That's why there is so little colostrom before the milk comes in (my milk came in 3 days later). In my situation, it really bugged me that there was a push for formula when it wasn't necessary. This is also a "pro" breastfeeding hospital. I'm very thankful that after that experience and another due to my complications... that he did end up latching and we have had a positive experience. And again, I completely respect any mom's choice on bf or ff their lo. Everyone's experiences are different, choices are different, life situations are different. It's not my place to judge. We'll all be making different choices for our lo's over their lifetime. As I said before, many of my friends have ff at one point or another throughout their lo's first year. I don't debate it with them at all. BUT back to the original question, I say marketing has and does play a huge role. If the actual number of women who CAN'T breastfeed is 3% then why are the numbers way, way, way higher than this in the last 50 years since the formula push? These major corporations have cash to burn and they are marketing unfairly in this and many other countries. Google nestle boycott to see...
~ Married On July 22, 2006. ~ ~A MOMMY since Dec.21st and LOVING it!~
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