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Gigi
05-01-2008, 10:22 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353419,00.html
RedheadbyChoice
05-01-2008, 10:34 AM
:D
Brianna
05-01-2008, 11:04 AM
Good news. I have 3 friends who recently had babies. All three tried breastfeeding, but only one continued past the first month. :(
Jessie81
05-01-2008, 11:06 AM
I was just at mommy group. There were 5 of us there today and all BF. Of course DS was the oldest there but hey I hope those ladies hang in there. I did mention this site to a couple of them. Lets hope they log on!
paigesmomma
05-01-2008, 12:25 PM
I'm glad that more are trying it, but I would love to know what the numbers are at say 3,6,9,12 months. I would be curious to know if more babies are being bfed longer.
I also find it interesting that unmarried, poor & rural women have the lowest numbers. You would think they would be more inclined to bf simply to save money.
Funmommy
05-01-2008, 01:13 PM
yeah but they're the last ones to have the benefits explained to them and the first to be critisized (sp?) by their peers
:(
Been there....Done that :crying:
They have the least reliable resources available and almost all of them push formula.

Funmommy/Nadine
DecemberBaby
05-01-2008, 02:27 PM
I'm glad that more are trying it, but I would love to know what the numbers are at say 3,6,9,12 months. I would be curious to know if more babies are being bfed longer.
I also find it interesting that unmarried, poor & rural women have the lowest numbers. You would think they would be more inclined to bf simply to save money.


I think it is because they are uneduated and it is what everyone else is doing. My husbands family is from Colombia and only one out of thirty adults has past a high school education from there (his uncle, aunts, and mother) (his father has a BS).. They constently tell me to give ds a bottle so he will sleep longer and it is healther for me..etc. I just nod and smile because it is their children who tell me because they do not speak a word of english... well 95% of them.
sweetkisses
05-01-2008, 02:36 PM
:woohoo:

Let's hope the numbers continue to rise!
Stephanie
05-01-2008, 07:58 PM
:woohoo:

Let's hope the numbers continue to rise!


Yes, and if more people are trying it, a few more people are probably sticking with it.

I think hospitals are becoming more friendly and helpful too. I am sure not all of them are, but I think the education in hospitals is increasing. The one I delivered ds and dd at was failry supportive. The nurses knew how to help. With ds, they didn't even ask, it was more of a here, breastfeed.