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October 7, 2005, 7:20 pm PDT
Bottles/pumping not always an options
Quote From: cortneye
I think it is great that woman breast feed I have two older children 9 and 7 and I'm expecting my 3rd, I was unable to breast feed the first two. I am hoping I'll be able to breast feed this new baby when it comes, but I agree about breast feeding in public, I understand that when a baby is hungry that they need to eat but guess what there is a machine that will pump your milk so that you can put it in a bottle so that you can take the baby out with you. This seems like such an easy solution, I think those woman where all being difficult just to be difficult. By bottle feeding when your out in public, it is also not just left up to you to feed the child, this way you get to enjoy your time out to. Why that woman wanted to make such a big deal about being able to pull her breast out for everyone is beyond me. She is one person in a place of business, when she is breast feeding, why should everyone else be made to feel weird, and feel that they can't left there head up without having to see that woman's breast. Believe the baby won't mind if it gets a bottle instead of the breast every once and a while. I hope you will reconsider this suggestion. Some babies refuse to take bottles. Also, if your baby is very young, bottles can be detrimental to successful breastfeeding. Finally, even if you pump before you leave the house, because of the way milk production works, you would likely need to pump again while you're out-- it would probably be difficult to do this in a sanitary place. Not to mention the fact that given your opinions you'd probably want to do it somewhere private. I posted another reply w/ these same statements but I also included some informational links- I hope you'll check into it. Thanks for considering my thoughts on this.
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