One person I thought was my friend not only said (in her own LJ) that she was disappointed in my choice, but that it was my family's fault for not making it possible for me to pump eight times a day. I had breast reduction surgery, and I lost so much blood during delivery (due to a placental abruption) that I needed a blood transfusion afterward, and I had severe postpartum depression. So I chose the option that allowed me to bond with my baby, rather than being forcibly separated from him for four hours a day for a "solution" that had no guarantee of working.
I am lucky; I have a friend who has more frozen breastmilk than she knows what to do with, so Joshua gets breastmilk once a week. But even if he didn't, he'd still be healthy and happy and loving, because formula is *not* evil, just not as good.
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Date: 2006-06-07 02:14 pm (UTC)One person I thought was my friend not only said (in her own LJ) that she was disappointed in my choice, but that it was my family's fault for not making it possible for me to pump eight times a day. I had breast reduction surgery, and I lost so much blood during delivery (due to a placental abruption) that I needed a blood transfusion afterward, and I had severe postpartum depression. So I chose the option that allowed me to bond with my baby, rather than being forcibly separated from him for four hours a day for a "solution" that had no guarantee of working.
I am lucky; I have a friend who has more frozen breastmilk than she knows what to do with, so Joshua gets breastmilk once a week. But even if he didn't, he'd still be healthy and happy and loving, because formula is *not* evil, just not as good.