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To: DavesM who wrote (13359)	2/26/2006 2:01:57 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 541599

My wife nursed both our children for 3 months. Her maternity leave was 3 months for each and she did not begin it till she went into labor both times. She attempted to use a breast pump when she returned to work after the first delivery, but it proved too difficult. * * *

To: DavesM who wrote (13359)	2/26/2006 2:02:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541599

Mothers may choose to do use formula, just as they may choose to give their kids a soda pop with lunch every day when they are school age, but there's no point in encouraging them to do so with marketing in the hospital. It's quite clear that breastfeeding is far superior in most cases- and hospitals have the duty to drive that home. Sending formula home with new mothers isn't exactly saying "This is a vastly inferior way to feed your baby. If you do this your baby will be more likely to contract intestinal infections, ear aches, pneumonia, botulism, bronchitis, staphylococcal infections, influenza..."

To: DavesM who wrote (13359)	2/26/2006 3:25:57 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541599

Has anyone read Good Earth by Pearl Buck ? I have to smile as my daughter in law just came home with an 8 pound,21 inch boy... the day AFTER she had him. AND because her husband was tied up with a business deal she drove herself and the baby home. She is Hispanic and it didn't seem to bother her although she had two per cadet in her. I am not saying this is the right thing to do. She should NOT have driven herself home. However to make her feel better as she was angry and upset... I told her about Pearl's book where the Chinese peasants had babies in the field. They would drop them( have them ) and them put them in a sack and keep on working. There was a time when women spent 6 days in the hospital after having a baby. Here in Sarasota it is over night. Liceth is trying to get milk but having difficulty meanwhile Drew is screaming his head off so formula is the only way to go right now. My college roommate nursed her child for 2 years. This is the preferred way I think .... by pediatricians..