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- candida
- I am loving kind although very fiery. I love deeply although I don't do enough for other people, I appear to create drama where ever I go. I love other women and find their company very interesting psychology fascinates me as I enjoy working out ways to help people have happier lives.. I am hard working and hard work I love a joke but am often accused of lack of sense of humour ...perhaps I just dont get it lol xxx peace
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Hello, my lovely, just took your survey and passed it on to a bunch of people, hope you get a lot of responses
Pam
Hi Candida - I posted a comment on the link but not sure it registered - something about wrong password. So just for information - I breast fed my beautiful baby boy for 6months with the support of my partner and much to the dismay of my mother. I finally gave up as I felt that as a big boy (born 9lb 4oz) he simply wasn't getting enough food especially as the day wore on. I know mums should be able to produce what the baby needs but my instict was that my big boy / greedy boy (and he still is) was that I should have supplemented his diet much sooner.
I will send the survey on to the other mums and good luck.
just completed your survey - got the link from Facebook - I LOVED breastfeeding - I breastfed my first child - a son for 18 months and when he stopped I felt bereft... My daughter I fed for 2 years I feel that my whole family supported me and it was a very natural process - as a consequence my babies are strong, robust little creatures who have had only 3 lots of anti-biotics between them - son is nearly 7 - daughter is nearly 5! Good luck with the course....
Hi Candida I have just done your survey and thought I would leave a note. My eldest daughter is now 16 and I breastfed her totally until 7 months. Then when I returned to work I fed her before and after work until she was approx 10 months old. She was a very good feeder although I couldn't express as she would not have a bottle at all which was a bit restricting, however I feel it was worth it as she is very rarely ill. My 2nd daughter was a terrible feeder - wouldn't latch on properly and used to 'snack' as the health visitor said. I only managed to feed her for 6 months before she went onto formula and I find that she is much more susceptible to colds etc. My immediate support network was great however I found when I was having the problems with my 2nd daughter the general consenus from outsiders was I should give up, this included the healthcare people and my doctor too. If she had been my 1st child I would given up much sooner than I did - it was only because I had done it before that I decided to keep trying. Hope this info is useful to you and good luck.
Hi there. I too loved breastfeeding and breastfed my twins, simultaneously for 14 months. I have to say, by this time, the physical sensations left me feeling as though I wanted to hurl them across the room(!) and would have loved to give up after 10mnths to a year - however they had different ideas and it took some time to unhook them permanently! They did NOT take to cows milk afterwards however, and still don't like it much. No regrets. Breastfed following child. MISS BABIES!!!
Having breast fed my first of three babies whilst living in Australia, I think one of the key differences is the hospitals. I stayed in hospital for 5 days - the norm. I was encouraged to breastfeed in a communal lounge so that midwifes could check the latching on and I could chat to the other mothers. This early support was invauable. In the Uk the onus is on getting you out of hospital ASAP - no time to really have support or to chat to other new mothers and gain tips.
I also think we are too soft on pregnant women regarding the benefits of breastfeeding. All the midwifes don't want to upset anyone. Surely if the message was stronger ie if you love your baby you have a duty to do the best for them and the best is breast...bottle is no where near as good...and the reasons why.... Then the rates would be higher.
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