Article in Oprah? LOSS MENTIONED

[mysticmomma]

It was a great article if you could ignore all the "benefits" to breastfeeding. It was about a mom that lost triplets and donated like 8K oz of milk! It mainly focused on her, but talked about milk donation, etc. I was surprised to see something like that from Oprah.

[mysticmomma]

Link
http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazi...omag_milk_bank

[kriket]

may want to put an infant loss warning up mama.
Touching story!

[geiamama]

Oh what an awful, beautiful, tragic story. What a wonderful woman. I can barely type for the tears...

[bajamergrrl]

That was sad and beautiful. I'm crying too.

[To-Fu]

Wow, what an awesome amount of milk, and what a wonderful gesture. It was so bittersweet to read while nursing my little guy. Thanks for sharing.

[Swan3]

Originally Posted by mysticmomma

It was a great article if you could ignore all the "benefits" to breastfeeding. It was about a mom that lost triplets and donated like 8K oz of milk! It mainly focused on her, but talked about milk donation, etc. I was surprised to see something like that from Oprah.

This article is incredible and I love that the facts are included, even if presented as "benefits"...I'd rather see it presented as beneficial than weird or in a negative light (which so often happens in cases like the View).

Beautiful and sad story. What a hero this mama is!

[hollytheteacher]

"Though about 74 percent of American mothers start off breastfeeding, only about 12 percent are still nursing exclusively by the time their child is six months old, despite position statements from every major pediatric, family health, and public health organization that babies do best if they're fed only breast milk for six months and continue to nurse until at least their first birthday.

Human milk for human babies—that's how lactation experts sum it up. Although babies can and do thrive on formula, most formula is derived from cow's milk, and then—to make it resemble the composition of human milk—augmented with corn syrup, sugar, vitamins, minerals, and vegetable oils. But no amount of laboratory tinkering has yielded a way to infuse formula with the unique and potent cocktail of hormones, human growth factors, digestive enzymes, and antibodies that human milk conveys."

I think they did a fabulous job telling about the benefits of bm.

[starling&diesel]

As a mama whose baby benefits from donor milk, I was especially touched.
I am so thankful for mamas who give this incredible gift ...

[RoseDuperre]

WONDERFUL article. I agree, absolutely, that they did a great job of describing the benefits. I only have this tiny quibble: "Demand creates supply—and the body doesn't care at all if a machine is the thing doing the demanding." That's not 100% accurate; babies are known to be more efficient at removing milk than pumps are. But it's such a minor point within such an overall excellent story!

[evermore82]

Beautiful article, that mama is very special. Thanks for sharing.

[rightkindofme]

That made me sob. That was so beautiful.

[CrunchyChristianMama]

I love how positively they spoke of bm in comparison to formula. I hope lots of women read it and are encouraged to ebf or to donate their extra milk!

[star*mora]

sniffling after a lot of tears reading through this beautiful and heartbreaking article.

[mommyto3girls]

I have not read the article yet, but when Sierra died, I did pump every 2-3 hours the first week with the intention of donating. However, the drive/need to have another baby soon was so strong, that I stopped pumping and went back ot the RE, I was pregnant with maia the first cycle

I felt bad about not donating, but I needed to be pregnant again to heal my heart somewhat

[triscuitsmom]

What an amazing, but heartbreaking story. Typing through tears for sure here...

[peanutmama]

thank you for sharing that. awesome story!

[Deir]

wow- I am amazed that that article was so good.