Hi Maria,
While I understand your POV, I have not seen anyone here, including Sarah,
applauding formula. A lot of personal experiences are what can eventually
become the basis for evidence-based information (evidence-based does not
necessarily just mean research-based). One of the difficulties with
breastfeeding information (as well as plenty of medical information in
general) is that there is no solid research to back it up. I think that we
need to share our experiences with each other so that we can gain a fuller
understanding of what actually happens in the real world and how often.
There is a lot of grey out there, even in lactation. We all support
breastfeeding and are trying to help mothers reach their goals. But we
can't do that if we put our heads in the sand and not try to understand the
huge diversity of what mothers experience. After all the years I have been
doing this, it is still humbling to sometimes face another situation where
I just cannot figure out why a baby will not go to breast or does not
thrive on human milk.
Please be kind to your colleagues.
Sharon
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Maria Paciullo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> I think it is really important that we all step back from our own
> experiences in order to help mothers with evidence-based research. As for
> your experience, it must have been a very, very difficult time for you and
> kudos to you for making it through and continuing to breastfeed as much as
> you could! As for the taste, I cannot say for sure what was going on with
> your baby, but perhaps it was the lipase issue? Or perhaps it was the
> issue with the type of fats mentioned in N. Mohrbacher's Breastfeeding
> Answers Made Simple. It was wonderful that she was able to still have
> breastmilk while you were home, as babies cannot make fully informed
> choices about what is good for them (breastmilk with the lipase issue v.
> formula, for example), and it is so sad that we live in a society where
> women cannot take longer maternity leaves and still preserve their incomes
> and careers and where women can rarely nurse their babies at work!
> Support mothers, support breastfeeding, support breastmilk and advocate
> for a change in the system re women and economics. Please do not use your
> difficult experience to applaud formula; instead, use it to examine the
> larger picture and what caused the baby to need to make a choice in the
> first place.
> Warmly,
> Maria Paciullo, JD, LLL
>
> On May 18, 2012, at 12:00 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 22:41:22 +0100
> > From: Sarah Vaughan <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: choices
> >
> > On 16/05/2012 12:08, Nikki Lee wrote:
> >> Infants never choose formula. Baby's choice is always the breast.
> >>
> > <grin> While breast was also my daughter's choice, I'd say that on days
> > when that wasn't available because I was at work she *did* rather
> > emphatically choose formula over EBM, given how much happier she was
> > when we switched from the EBM to the formula!
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Dr Sarah Vaughan
> > MBChB MRCGP
>
>
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