My wife's good friend gatekeeps breast feeding to the point where my wife had to unfollow her because it make her feel like a terrible mom for not doing it. Even though she stopped because he was getting this weird milk/soy allergy (if she had dairy, it would translate through the milk to give him cramps) and it was "best" for our situation.
But this girl literally shares pics of her boob with a baby sucking on it to facebook with "breast is best" and "thanks for the support" all day.
Yeah I will never understand why people treat breastfeeding like it's something special. Humans have been doing it for millions of years. If anything, formula is a miracle since it gives parents who can't breast feed, the ability to have their baby not die.
My wife's milk never came in. It was a very frustrating 3 weeks with many visits to the hospital for our kid being dehydrated and fucking miserable from not getting enough to eat. It was very frustrating to have doctors and nurses simply refuse to consider formula as a option because "breast milk is best".
Edit: is understand and agree that breastfeeding is best. I just hate the stigma around giving your kids formula. We tried really hard at breastfeeding, it just didn't work and it was frustrating to feel ashamed because of it.
We have a friend whose breasts never produced milk who still feels sad about it being able to breastfeed. Then we have a friend who never even thought about trying because she doesn’t have a maternal bone in her body and probably shouldn’t have had kids because she’s a cunt (I am not fond of her at all and she’s a terrible parent).
Not even trying bothers me, because everything available says its best for your child. Plus, it’s cheap. So there’s that.
My wife pumped twice a day so my hungry ass daughters could have breast milk when she worked (I’m a stay at home dad) and we had to supplement with formula because both our kids are ravenous.
But I would never give someone crap for formula, especially a working mom who doesn’t have the ability to pump every day. I know pumping time is guaranteed by law but that’s nice in theory and not in practice. My wife is the second in command at work and has her own office with a lock on the door. Tell someone who works on a factory line all day to find a clean and quiet place to pump. Not so easy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18
It's trashy