tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745487648936716686.post1729428949454618555..comments2023-09-12T09:16:55.841-07:00Comments on bpas blog: I am not a breastfeeding mum. But I have no regrets. bpas bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042836307679536539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745487648936716686.post-35444646651417542072013-02-13T07:35:51.709-08:002013-02-13T07:35:51.709-08:00You definitely shouldn't have to apologise for...You definitely shouldn't have to apologise for your decision. It was the right one for you and for your daughter. I hate the idea that you've been made to feel ashamed for it.<br /><br />I must just stress, though, that your experience was personal to you. Where I live, in East London, breastfeeding rates are about as close to zero as makes no odds. Breastfeeding support is there if you seek it out, but the NHS staff I met during the course of having my 2 kids were almost all ambivalent or actually disapproving of it. I was pressured to use formula more times than I care to recall. Midwives and health visitors encouraged me to 'top up' cos my healthy babies were small. None of my fellow new mums breastfed (as I say, it just doesn't happen round here) so I felt odd and alone. Medical staff & forms kept asking me how many ml my baby had in a feed, etc. It was horrid.<br /><br />I guess the tricky bit is actively encouraging breastfeeding in areas like mine, without leaving formula-feeding parents feeling the way you did. I don't know how to do that, but I think properly-trained, thoughtful health professionals would probably have helped both of us.<br /><br />Thank you for writing this post.Vulpinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782343995142068109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745487648936716686.post-42657606115064009322013-02-13T07:07:23.299-08:002013-02-13T07:07:23.299-08:00Recommendations are only advisory , it's up to...Recommendations are only advisory , it's up to the mother and baby how they do it . ( I am male , no chidren , but common sense ) .jimbo26https://www.blogger.com/profile/02240878442136195921noreply@blogger.com