Breast feeding, pros and cons

galvanizersbaby

Hell_Dans_Un_Handcart wrote: »

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

Google "young girls want to be like Jordan." It's disturbing.

Oh err :eek: found the articles you mean! - reckon breast feeding or bottle feeding their babies could be the least of those 2 girls problems though!
What the hell are the parents thinking supporting it all?!

Hopefully the majority of young women in the UK don't have such desires to be like Jordan - or we really are in trouble!
Re Jordan - wonder if it's possible to breast feed with fake boobs - are her nipples her own?!:D

AnnieM_3

Hell_Dans_Un_Handcart wrote: »

http://ec.europa.eu/research/allergy/pdf/infabio-content.pdf - the science of how FFing may increase the incidence of allergy is explained in this report. No results unfortunately, because it looks very interesting, especially re. probiotic formula.

errr... all it says is they need to research what benefits may be had from ff with pre/pro-biotics

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/106/5/S2/1285?ck=nck - as this study points out, there aren't many studies in this area because there are ethical issues, but the Finland study shows that breastfed babies had a lower incidence of allergy.

This one says bf is presumed to have a preventative effect, but they haven't been able to determine the size of the effect. It talks about how some babies can be allergic to cow/soya milk protein - it doesn't seem to be saying that cow's milk makes babies allergic, rather that they might already be allergic to it.

I don't think discussing medical research about formula is "demonising" it

Discussing medical research may not be demonising it, but saying

Just because smoking doesn't make some people ill doesn't change the fact that it carries serious medical implications, and formula is in the same vein there.

is not discussing medical research - it is using emotive language that may cause people to make a link:

smoking is unhealthy + ff is like smoking = ff is unhealthy.

We need to be very careful about making analogies that people may take to heart. Myself, I prefer the 'home-grown organic veg vs supermarket veg' analogy. It feels more neutral, and choice-driven.

iskc85860506

Im pregnant with my third at the moment and am intending to breast feed.
1st breast fed untill 8 weeks
2nd breast fed untill 4 weeks

I find it hurts and it not allways the easiest as they seem to want feeding more often then bottle fed babies but I love the experiance that I am giving something to my child that is natural.


I would say from my experiances pros are:-
Cheeper
Its nice that you are able to do it for you child as nature intended
They say its better for baby (but bottle isnt bad)
The closeness to you child.
Its something you will only experiance when you have a baby so if you only have one child you will only get to do it once.

Cons
you have to do every feed
Trouble latching on
Baby goes to sleep while drinking and is harder to keep awake
Feeding in public (some people can be very rude to you about it)
and the worst for me which is why I stopped breast feeding my other 2 is the leeking at night. (I found boobs didnt stay in place in bras and I tried loads and I filled pads before baby wanted another feed) so I was having to sleep in a wet bed and change covers every day. The last thing you need with a new baby.
I found babys sleept better and longer on bottle.
You cant tell how mush baby yakes from breast where as bottle is marked.

This is all my opinion but everyone is different and some people wont have the same problems that I did.

Mrs_Pepperpot_2

iskc85860506 wrote: »

Im pregnant with my third at the moment and am intending to breast feed.
1st breast fed untill 8 weeks
2nd breast fed untill 4 weeks

I find it hurts and it not allways the easiest as they seem to want feeding more often then bottle fed babies but I love the experiance that I am giving something to my child that is natural.


I would say from my experiances pros are:-
Cheeper
Its nice that you are able to do it for you child as nature intended
They say its better for baby (but bottle isnt bad)
The closeness to you child.
Its something you will only experiance when you have a baby so if you only have one child you will only get to do it once.

Cons
you have to do every feed
Trouble latching on
Baby goes to sleep while drinking and is harder to keep awake
Feeding in public (some people can be very rude to you about it)
and the worst for me which is why I stopped breast feeding my other 2 is the leeking at night. (I found boobs didnt stay in place in bras and I tried loads and I filled pads before baby wanted another feed) so I was having to sleep in a wet bed and change covers every day. The last thing you need with a new baby.
I found babys sleept better and longer on bottle.
You cant tell how mush baby yakes from breast where as bottle is marked.

This is all my opinion but everyone is different and some people wont have the same problems that I did.

I had exactly the same issues. Breast fed DS1 for 12 weeks and am in process of Bfeeding DS2 but am hating the leaks; especially at night, and am feeding every 2 hours which is flipping hard work. Am knackered!

onlyroz

iskc85860506 wrote: »

Baby goes to sleep while drinking and is harder to keep awake.

This is a con of breastfeeding? IMO that's a major pro...:rotfl: (apart from having to wake them up a bit for burping)

onlyroz

Regarding the leaks, you can get cups for the nipples that collect the leaked milk. If you sterilise the cups first, then you can use the milk you collected. I found that I could accumulate a bottle a day this way, without having to do any pumping at all...

Broken_hearted

onlyroz wrote: »

This is a con of breastfeeding? IMO that's a major pro...:rotfl: (apart from having to wake them up a bit for burping)

Unless I can hear they need burping then I just let mine sleep. BF babies don't take in as much air so don't always need burping.

Mrs_Pepperpot_2

onlyroz wrote: »

Regarding the leaks, you can get cups for the nipples that collect the leaked milk. If you sterilise the cups first, then you can use the milk you collected. I found that I could accumulate a bottle a day this way, without having to do any pumping at all...

Thanks for this onlyroz.

What are they called? Leak cups??? Are they suitable for wearing at night only that's where it is the biggest problem for me.

Woke up yesterday morning and the hollow of my neck was full of milk :eek:. Sorry if TMI!

neverdespairgirl

Mrs_Pepperpot wrote: »

Woke up yesterday morning and the hollow of my neck was full of milk :eek:. Sorry if TMI!

It does honestly pass - once milk production shifts from hormonally-based to supply and demand, you stop shedding it all over the place!

nadnad

Mrs_Pepperpot wrote: »

Thanks for this onlyroz.

What are they called? Leak cups??? Are they suitable for wearing at night only that's where it is the biggest problem for me.

Woke up yesterday morning and the hollow of my neck was full of milk :eek:. Sorry if TMI!

i think boots do them and mothercare they're called breast shells, i only ever use them when i'm feeding or pumping - put one on the unused boob and it collects all the milk thats leaked out, they can collect quite a lot. just don't bend over when they're in because they have a wee pouring hole on the top and all the milk will fall out and soak you, as i learned the hard way! :rolleyes: