Breast-Feeding Curbs Type 2 Diabetes

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sweet melissa — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:40:49 GMT

Great info here, but sad to see how few americans breastfeed. It is far more commen in Europe especially Norway and the Netherlands for the majority of woman to Breastfeed exclusivly for the first six monthes and continue breastfeed ing for more than a year. I believe in Norway or sweden it is over 90%! Of course Breastfeeding in public is totaly normal and natural and most working Norwegian mothers get 6 month paid maternity leave and have comfertable private spaces at work to pump when they return. Why can't it be like that in the good old USA! I breast feed my daughter exclusivly for 6 monthes and continued to breast feed till she was 18 monthes when I was forced to ween her because my body couldn't keep up with her appitite! Right up till the end she preffered breastmilk to anything else and was not happy I was cutting her off but I couldn't seem to eat enough to keep us both healthy, of course SHE got enough and eveything she needed from the breastmilk but near the end I dropped down to under 100 pounds and was exhausted ! I am pregnant with my second daughter now and plan to address the issue better this time as my goal is to breastfeed for at lest 2 yrs. As for the breasfeeding in public issue it was never a problem for me. I consider my self to be a modest person but after the docter and his staff seeing EVERYTHING most of that goes right out the window! I believe breastfeed ing to be the best gift you can give your child and absolutly natural so if some one else has a problem with it that is there problem. Of course I make a point not to flash my self to the world but I am not going to sufficate my child with a blanket because some one else is uncomfertable. I am perfectly comfertable breastfeeding anywear, any time.

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Magnolia — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:02:57 GMT

This blog started out as an upbeat discussion on the benefits of breastfeeding and devolved into an argument on property rights. Let's stick to the subject shall we?

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mommyof7 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:07:48 GMT

When I was a young mom, I breastfed but was intimidated by alot of people (including family members).

I only breastfed for 4-8 months, I got so stressed out because of others opinions towards me, my milk supply deminished. Then, with the fourth, I truly took my faith in God to a new level and when I asked Him for help in this, I recieved the answer.......When I would be criticised for feeding my baby the way He intended, I would simply tell them...." Remember, that's what they were created for. God just didn't have extra potters clay to play with. He knew what was going to be the best for His own son..You see, JESUS WAS BREASTFED TOO! Look how he turned out Thanks to God's infinite wisdom." From there The other three of my children breastfed anywhere from 18-30 months and I am now breastfeeding my seventh blessing. No one can oppose to higher power.

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NewaysJill — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:46:27 GMT

Breat feeding is the best, however along with the rest of good things, it's a woman's best way to detox...Yes, that means that toxins from personal care products, heavy metals, plastics, etc also go into that breast milk & thus into the baby. Pls 'clean up your act' before getting pregnant for best of breast milk.

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7kids1 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:05:28 GMT

Yes, seven of them. Breastfed all of them. No jersey cow was I. None of my "be natural" goals were attained but once. As many of you have admitted, our bodies don't always follow the plan and you do what you have to do. In my case, my babies were put on raw goat's milk when things dwindled.

Have you ever smelled formula? Let alone taste it? I have not to this day been able to bring formula to my lips. I nearly want to cry when I see an infant drinking that dredge and think of that baby's future.

My mother-in-law made her own formula from canned cow's milk and corn syrup. She admits to following popularity and not breastfeeding one drop. Yes, my husband is a diabetic on pills not shots, so far, and with a weight problem. His job is very physically demanding and yet he is overweight.

I now have grandchildren. One is breastfed and will be bf until???and the other was bf for only three months and has been on raw goat's milk ever since. Of course, they are both darlings! It will be interesting to see how they develop over the years.

I know of one difference already and that is that the one on a bottle is very social and highly expressionary while the one on the boob isn't.....:)

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mrose — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:32:01 GMT

Thanks for clarifying that Doctor Mercola. I thought donor breast milk was like sending your baby to what they called in the "old days" a wet nurse! I had no idea the breast milk was pasteurized! Why? Wouldn't you just think someone could make sure the donor was healthy? Wow. Does this apply throughout industrialized nations or only the U.S.?

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bagarino — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:36:51 GMT

Don't wanna poo-poo this (and there is almost certainly something in it) BUT the adults who were not breastfed as children on average tend to have a host of other disadvantages in life compared with children who were breastfed. They (the bottle-fed) are more likely to come from a low-income family than breast-fed babies, more likely to have no father at home and a working mother, more likely to be low-achievers at school and, having had a poorer education, less likely to get a job that will allow them to eat good food or have the basic knowledge for what constitutes a healthy lifestyle re. exercise and diet. All in all I'd be amazed if diabetes rates were the same in bottle-fed vs breast-fed study groups given the host of disadvantages the former entails.

Sorry to be a party pooper. Obviously breastfeed your babies (if you're a lady - or Thomas Beatie :-) ) but, scientist, don't mistake correlations for cause and effect.

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New to Natural — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:20:46 GMT

I can't hold off any longer :-) It seems that every time something comes up - we try to put people in a "box" and generalize everybody. This is not the way life works. Each persons' situation is different.

I was unable to breastfeed due to the labor/delivery from hell. I had an emergency c-section followed by 8 days of complications that required an NG tube, blood thinners and 3,000 worth of IV antibiotics.

Let me tell you - through that, there is no way my body was able to produce a DROP of breast milk.

Fast forward 6 weeks and we had the screaming baby who never slept - not even during the day. We tried EVERY milk formula under the sun. Eventually, we turned to soy. After the first feeding of soy formula we noticed a difference. Our little girl drank her bottle and within 30 minutes was sleeping peacefully! I know Soy isn't at the top of the list, but sometimes, you GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

Now that I have the 'recipe' for home made formula, if I ever have to do formula again, I'll try that.

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mrose — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:56:51 GMT

This is all to wierd. Breast Feeding is a natural thing? Men show their breasts all the time in public and nothing is thought of it. What have we come to? I have seen many men in public who have bigger breasts than mine! What is the difference, other than our distorted sense than woman's breasts are sexual and mens' are not? You boys out there that are offended by breast feeding woman need to examine why you feel that way, and for that fact you offended woman need to as well - In my opinion you have "issues"!!

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LadyPam — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:49:05 GMT

I am surprised and saddened to learn that public breastfeeding should even be an issue in a free country. I have never even heard of covering up the baby - what a horrible idea! And how perverted to think that a breastfeeding mother is in some way *imposing* on you, or doing anything to you at all!

I see people here mention doing it 'respectfully' - as if there were some shame attached to it! Surely that outdated idea belongs back in the times when women were expected to withdraw from society once a pregnancy gave them a big belly: 'hide your shame!'

You can object to people shooting up drugs in front of you (for example), or threatening you, or invading your personal space, or loudly expressing opinions too near you. You could even object to a man or woman dancing around naked in front of you in a public place (although that wouldn't bother me). But how can anyone who has ever BEEN a baby object to breastfeeding?

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mrose — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:40:10 GMT

I did breastfeed my son my a very short time and then he went to soy formula. I knew no better. He, however, is extremely bright, healthy and has no physical problems at all at now age 40? As an infant/toddler he had asmatic (sp?) bronchitis off and on and was hospitalized once with it. But, I am sorry to conclude that it was more likely the two packs of cigarettes I spoked each day than the soy formula I used. Again, I knew no better.

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mrose — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:35:50 GMT

I don't have to make these kind of decisions, and I am glad. Encouraging one of my kids to breastfeed their babies is one thing. Encouraging them to give their infant raw milk would be another. Dr. Mercola, you couldn't tell bad raw lamb and got extremely ill, and you are a Doctor. How can I expect one of my kids with a high school diploma to know that their source of raw milk is safe enough to give an infant? I don't know, I'll probably get lots of thumbs down for promoting fear of something that is most times safe and very nutritious. Could an infant survive if their raw milk was contaminated? That is a question, as I don't know.

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LadyPam — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:28:14 GMT

I was unable to breastfeed. I did try and my following-up midwife tried, and my maternity carer (Dutch system: there every day for a week) helped me try and got me help from lactation consultants. The view in The Netherlands is that you keep trying for a week, giving water from a spoon (not bottle!) before resorting to formula - they believe the baby is fine for that long without nourishment.

I have a suspicion that Big Food played a part. In the hospital, before leaving 5 hours after the birth (yes!), they told me not to worry about breastfeeding yet and gave me a bottle of sterilised water with a silicon, sterilised teat. Alone at home with an hours-old baby (father out of the country), I tried breastfeeding, failed and wanted to give her SOMEthing so gave her some of that water. The lactation consultant later said that was a big mistake because sucking from a bottle is far easier than from a breast. Embossed on that bottle was 'Nutricia' - the Dutch name of one of the largest corporate dairy conglomorates in Europe and market leader in baby formula! It wasn't 'till the next morning that I had help.

My daughter repeatedly gave up too soon (said the experts) and just cried. I failed to feel the 'let-down' reflex except for a couple of isolated and brief instances. For four days in a row, I tried with lots of help about 8 times a day. Then I gave her a spoonful of water and used the breast pump - usually producing less than 30cc each time, which I bottle-fed to her. After 3 days, I bought formula. After 4 I tried a hormone nasal spray. After 5 I gave in, unable to watch my baby starve any longer.

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SMens — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:10:27 GMT

Very interesting opinions here. Let it be noted that it is VERY rare that a women "just does not make enough milk", Many times related to medical conditions. 9 out 10 mother do not produce milk because they do not breastfeed often enough, either in the first 72 hours after birth or over the course of breastfeeding.

In the event that a mother is not making milk or for an adpot case, what about donor milk?

It is perfectly safe and it would not cost any more then these crazy concoctions mentioned here.

I am surprised Dr. Mercola would suggest a "formula" over donor human milk. tisk, tisk

Be Well........

MS. RN-CLC

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Auntie Evil — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:17:35 GMT

One's right to do as they wish on their own property is great UNTIL that right infringes on another's right. Perhaps you like to brutally sacrifice animals or are a pedophile, at this point your personal rights should become secondary to the laws governing everyone everywhere. However, some of the laws in place are not the best and that becomes an issue. This could spur a long term debate though, as everyone has their own opinions about what is good and what is bad.

Taking a bowel movement on someone's property is quite different than breastfeeding one's baby in a public area. One can cause the spread of disease, smells terribly and is vulgar, leaving a mess for someone else to cleanup. The other is a simple act of a mother nurturing her baby. No disease spread, no smell, no mess, no vulgarity unless one is staring and may glimpse a nipple they find offensive. Frequenting a location that does not encourage breast feeding seems a strange thing for a breast feeding mother to do. Perhaps establishments should be encourage to provide quiet, clean, comfortable areas for breast feeding to occur if the idea of this being "seen" is offensive to the owners.

Perhaps you should find an alternative argument as the BM one does not compare well.