The woman I quoted did it while walking around at workMarcus Brutus said:
The female above did it at home and not during work. Stop with the excuses.
2aggiesmom said:I didn't pump at all at work. I pumped at home, you know instead of sleeping. Like I said you do whatever you make a priority. If you have no milk you obviously cannot breastfeed (unless you are Anthony Blinken).Tanya 93 said:And you had the ability to pump.2aggiesmom said:I worked full time and breastfed. It can be done if you are committed to making it work.Tanya 93 said:I think having to work probably has a lot to do with formula feedingBurdizzo said:
Not every mother/child can breastfeed agreed, but I would like to know how many can and choose not to.
Did you work full time in fast food and manage to pump in the bathroom?
No one is saying that.
ABATTBQ11 said:2aggiesmom said:I didn't pump at all at work. I pumped at home, you know instead of sleeping. Like I said you do whatever you make a priority. If you have no milk you obviously cannot breastfeed (unless you are Anthony Blinken).Tanya 93 said:And you had the ability to pump.2aggiesmom said:I worked full time and breastfed. It can be done if you are committed to making it work.Tanya 93 said:I think having to work probably has a lot to do with formula feedingBurdizzo said:
Not every mother/child can breastfeed agreed, but I would like to know how many can and choose not to.
Did you work full time in fast food and manage to pump in the bathroom?
No one is saying that.
If you told my wife to just pump whenever she was at home because, "you do whatever you make a priority," she might slap the **** out of you. No way in Hell could she go 10 hours without pumping or feeding, and I'm sure she isn't an exception to the rule.
Not everyone is like you. Not everyone has your life. This, "If I can do it, so can everyone else," and, "You can do anything if you just try hard enough," attitude is nothing more than an oversimplification and cop out.
You are right. Not everyone is like me. Not everyone is like you either, or has all the same views. I just volunteered my opinion because it was my personal experience and I was responding to a direct question from Tanya. I didn't realize that is not allowed here.ABATTBQ11 said:2aggiesmom said:I didn't pump at all at work. I pumped at home, you know instead of sleeping. Like I said you do whatever you make a priority. If you have no milk you obviously cannot breastfeed (unless you are Anthony Blinken).Tanya 93 said:And you had the ability to pump.2aggiesmom said:I worked full time and breastfed. It can be done if you are committed to making it work.Tanya 93 said:I think having to work probably has a lot to do with formula feedingBurdizzo said:
Not every mother/child can breastfeed agreed, but I would like to know how many can and choose not to.
Did you work full time in fast food and manage to pump in the bathroom?
No one is saying that.
If you told my wife to just pump whenever she was at home because, "you do whatever you make a priority," she might slap the **** out of you. No way in Hell could she go 10 hours without pumping or feeding, and I'm sure she isn't an exception to the rule.
Not everyone is like you. Not everyone has your life. This, "If I can do it, so can everyone else," and, "You can do anything if you just try hard enough," attitude is nothing more than an oversimplification and cop out.
It's best that lay people refrain from providing medical opinionsSea Speed said:
Not every woman nor child has the ability to breast feed. I understand your point, but it isn't a black or white thing.
Quote:
'I can't feed my son': Desperate parents cannot get hold of baby formula amid a national shortage as stores ration cans that are selling on eBay for up to $800 after infection killed baby and caused huge recallBy MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
- Mothers across the country are struggling to feed their babies amid a nationwide shortage of baby formula
- In the week ending April 24, 40 to 50 percent of the top-selling baby formula products were out of stock at stores across the country
- The national out-of-stock levels jumped nine percentage points from 31 percent to 40 percent between April 3 and April 24
- That is up 11 percent from last November, with the average cost of infant formula jumping more than 18 percent over the past year
- The shortage comes amid COVID-related supply-chain issues and a national recall after a bacteria was found at a Michigan plant
- Producers say they they are now trying to ramp up production
- In the meantime, mothers should not try to dilute the formula, make their own or substitute it with cow's milk
PUBLISHED: 23:46 EDT, 5 May 2022 | UPDATED: 12:01 EDT, 6 May 2022
Recall?TitanAGGIE09 said:
Bought almost a year supply back at first of year when I feared this would happen post our 2nd baby in November. Unfortunately all the cases of similac I had were caught in that recall a few months back. Been a PITA since..
Noaggiehawg said:Recall?TitanAGGIE09 said:
Bought almost a year supply back at first of year when I feared this would happen post our 2nd baby in November. Unfortunately all the cases of similac I had were caught in that recall a few months back. Been a PITA since..
Is that legit? Or this is another created "crisis" ?
aggiehawg said:Recall?TitanAGGIE09 said:
Bought almost a year supply back at first of year when I feared this would happen post our 2nd baby in November. Unfortunately all the cases of similac I had were caught in that recall a few months back. Been a PITA since..
Is that legit? Or this is another created "crisis" ?
ABATTBQ11 said:
Not every woman can breast feed effectively. Some kids don't want to latch. It's legitimately painful for some women to pump. Mom might be put on meds that keep her from breastfeeding. There's a whole host of legitimate reasons why a baby might be formula fed.
cbaker20 said:
I understand the regulations that no employee should be forced to pump in a bathroom and I support them. That said, I have pumped:
Next to my seatmate on a commercial flight (multiple times) using a modesty cover
In a public restroom with people in the stalls next to me
At the counter in a public restroom when stalls were full
In public at the airport under a modesty cover
In my car while driving, hands free and safely I promise
In a park
While walking around finishing charts on battery power
I got it done. I didn't need a frou frou lounge to do it. Nobody gave a crap if I had time to pump or a place to pump as a medical resident. I did it on my own time and figured it out. I am proud that I made a commitment and followed through for my kids.
I believe that if a woman wants to make it happen she usually can, notwithstanding supply problems that can't be managed or medical issues. I agree that babies need to be fed regardless of method, but breast milk is baby's ideal food. It provides short term immunity and some long term protection against obesity and childhood cancer that formula cannot replicate.
No doubt there are women who *cannot* breastfeed and want to do so. I sympathize, that must be a terrible feeling. There are many more who are inconvenienced by it and choose not to because there is an alternative. It's all great until that alternative disappears.
V8Aggie said:
First time dad here, baby is 7 weeks.
Breast feeding is not easy. In fact it's downright difficult and mentally draining for a woman. It's painful, nipples actually crack and split down the middle and babies can have a whole host of issues that make it difficult to impossible.
My son was born tongue tied which makes it very difficult for him to latch. My wife goes to a lactation consultant every week to learn new techniques in order to help. Additionally the little guy has reflux really bad which causes him to spit up after every meal and also causes him to self limit how much he actually eats. He has lost weight because of this and we're just now getting him back in track.
Formula has helped but we're now 3 weeks without formula.
And no I don't sleep in. I can't feed much due to not enough pumped but I get my ass out of bed and change him then hand off to my wife. Other husbands are lazy that don't help.
If this was easy there wouldn't be a whole plethora of lactation consultant's covered by insurance to help moms.
Don't be ignorant and speak about things you know nothing about. Yes a lot of moms probably chose to feed formula out of ease but that's not really your business.
Additionally, formula is typically needed when babies are born with jaundice (which is a majority of them). Helps get them pooping in large amounts to drop the bilirubin levels faster.
^^^^^^^Spotted Ag said:
How on earth did the human population survive until formula was created?
Yes, some have issues. That's not the norm. It's the exception.
Raising a human requires sacrifice. A sacrifice many don't want to have to deal with these days. Thus the vigorous debate about killing a human before it is born because "muh body muh choice"
Rattler12 said:^^^^^^^Spotted Ag said:
How on earth did the human population survive until formula was created?
Yes, some have issues. That's not the norm. It's the exception.
Raising a human requires sacrifice. A sacrifice many don't want to have to deal with these days. Thus the vigorous debate about killing a human before it is born because "muh body muh choice"
And that was due to not having formula available.....right...Ol_Ag_02 said:Rattler12 said:^^^^^^^Spotted Ag said:
How on earth did the human population survive until formula was created?
Yes, some have issues. That's not the norm. It's the exception.
Raising a human requires sacrifice. A sacrifice many don't want to have to deal with these days. Thus the vigorous debate about killing a human before it is born because "muh body muh choice"
Infant mortality was a whole lot higher that's for sure.
Part of it wasRattler12 said:And that was due to not having formula available.....right...Ol_Ag_02 said:Rattler12 said:^^^^^^^Spotted Ag said:
How on earth did the human population survive until formula was created?
Yes, some have issues. That's not the norm. It's the exception.
Raising a human requires sacrifice. A sacrifice many don't want to have to deal with these days. Thus the vigorous debate about killing a human before it is born because "muh body muh choice"
Infant mortality was a whole lot higher that's for sure.
Rattler12 said:And that was due to not having formula available.....right...Ol_Ag_02 said:Rattler12 said:^^^^^^^Spotted Ag said:
How on earth did the human population survive until formula was created?
Yes, some have issues. That's not the norm. It's the exception.
Raising a human requires sacrifice. A sacrifice many don't want to have to deal with these days. Thus the vigorous debate about killing a human before it is born because "muh body muh choice"
Infant mortality was a whole lot higher that's for sure.
It is important to the elite class because they need a place to launder our tax dollars.YouBet said:
It's fun watching our country deteriorate into anarcho-communism while we give hundreds of millions of dollars to a country on the other side of the world with zero strategic interest for us.
Pretty awesome time in American history.
