Coach Virginia, all I'm saying is that we need to use our brains and not take all medical studies at face value. That's just common sense. Some studies are bound to be flawed, some may be funded by pharma and skewed to their advantage, etc. We need to be smart about the information we take in so that we end up making the best choices for our bodies.
Like I said previously in this thread, I breastfed two of my babies, and I also chose not to breastfeed, and I made the best choices at those particular times for me and my family. Sure breastfeeding can be great and can have benefits -- I don't doubt anything about that. You're not telling me anything that I don't already know from experience. Also, formula feeding can be great and can have benefits. They are both great options. Neither is best. The only thing that is "best" is what you've chosen to do for your baby.
When I chose to feed my youngest daughter formula and forgo breastfeeding, that was the absolute best decision under the circumstances -- breast was NOT best then and no one could have convinced me otherwise. When I breastfed my premature son while he was in NICU, that was the absolute best decision under the circumstances. And, frankly, it wasn't anyone's business how I fed my child.
What I'm saying, and I've said this over and over like a broken record, is that whatever choice a mom makes regarding feeding her baby is best. We need to get away from judging each other on this topic. To breastfeed or not to breastfeed is a personal decision, and a mom makes the best choice she can. She doesn't need to feel pressured by a marketing slogan ("breast is best") or by flawed medical studies such as the one in this original post, or by people who judge her if she doesn't follow the current breastfeeding trend.
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Coach Virginia, all I'm saying is that we need to use our brains and not take all medical studies at face value. That's just common sense. Some studies are bound to be flawed, some may be funded by pharma and skewed to their advantage, etc. We need to be smart about the information we take in so that we end up making the best choices for our bodies.
Like I said previously in this thread, I breastfed two of my babies, and I also chose not to breastfeed, and I made the best choices at those particular times for me and my family. Sure breastfeeding can be great and can have benefits -- I don't doubt anything about that. You're not telling me anything that I don't already know from experience. Also, formula feeding can be great and can have benefits. They are both great options. Neither is best. The only thing that is "best" is what you've chosen to do for your baby.
When I chose to feed my youngest daughter formula and forgo breastfeeding, that was the absolute best decision under the circumstances -- breast was NOT best then and no one could have convinced me otherwise. When I breastfed my premature son while he was in NICU, that was the absolute best decision under the circumstances. And, frankly, it wasn't anyone's business how I fed my child.
What I'm saying, and I've said this over and over like a broken record, is that whatever choice a mom makes regarding feeding her baby is best. We need to get away from judging each other on this topic. To breastfeed or not to breastfeed is a personal decision, and a mom makes the best choice she can. She doesn't need to feel pressured by a marketing slogan ("breast is best") or by flawed medical studies such as the one in this original post, or by people who judge her if she doesn't follow the current breastfeeding trend.
April 30, 2009 - 10:51amThis Comment
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