tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395713936816680973.post1759573481109377419..comments2023-11-02T14:56:49.816+00:00Comments on Lashes and Little Ones: Give it a BreastAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01521398023996338190noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395713936816680973.post-4469295490481734772012-05-21T13:37:15.165+01:002012-05-21T13:37:15.165+01:00Thanks Sylvia! So nice to hear that I'm not th...Thanks Sylvia! So nice to hear that I'm not the only one who feels like all the pressure got a bit too much!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521398023996338190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395713936816680973.post-15530273165137606722012-05-16T19:48:03.637+01:002012-05-16T19:48:03.637+01:00I agree wholeheartedly with you Alex. I had the s...I agree wholeheartedly with you Alex. I had the same experience as you did when I had Holly. In those days I was advised to stay in hospital for seven days as I was considered an elderly Mum (!) and the pressure on me to breastfeed, when I was obviously not going to be able to, was intense. It was the Obstetrician who reassured me that my baby would be perfectly healthy if I bottle fed her and I could have kissed him! All this earth mother stuff really annoys me - it's difficult enough to cope with a newborn, especially the first, without having guilt piled on top of it. It also meant that Barry also had the pleasure of feeding her, which was a bonus.Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395713936816680973.post-36480948459443663402012-05-16T14:25:23.824+01:002012-05-16T14:25:23.824+01:00Good post! A friend of mine recently shared an art...Good post! A friend of mine recently shared an article on breastfeeding that I found quite refreshing. It talks about the same kind of pressures to breastfeed that you mention and also reveals that the benefits are argueably not as strong as most people would like to think. Here's the link if you're interested in having a read...<br />http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/04/the-case-against-breast-feeding/7311/?single_page=trueMummy Zenhttp://mummyzen.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com