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Originally posted by ltl/fb
no donuts. crabby.
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My first kid wouldn't ever latch on. I pumped for the better part of a year and he only ever took a bottle. It wasn't my first choice and I would never suggest that it is the right choice for everyone, but it is an option, even for moms of preemies.
I have several friends who say they "could not" breastfeed, but the truth is they didn't really want to and should own up to that instead....one maintains her baby didn't like the way it tasted, so she had to quit after 3 days.
However, there are actual medical conditions (of baby or mom) that prevent nursing, medications that prevent nursing, and those that choose to use formula and shouldn't feel bad for making that choice. I actually have a medical condition that in some (thankfully not me) results in abslutely no milk production at all, so I know that it is quite possible. I'm going to have to assume that BNB was simply overgeneralizing in her zealous ambition to breastfeed the world.
