Silly things you've been told about breastfeeding - Page 2

[monkeyscience]

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Originally Posted by akind1 

I have no doubt my son is and will be a boob man. (Now, whether that's due to breastfeeding or not, I can't say)

What will it do to your daughters? Just curious.

Clearly, it will make them lesbians. Which is why there are so many more now than "back in the old days", because more babies are EBF'd now... oh, wait. No, no they're not. Myth BUSTED!

Also, I'm virtually certain dh was not BF'd past a year, and he's DEFINITELY a boob man... must have come from watching his mom BF his younger sisters, I guess.

No one has personally told me anything dumb about BF'ing yet, but I'm sure it will happen once I actually start doing it.

[livacreature]

I'm lucky to be surrounded by pro-breastfeeding folks...but on the bus, a lady was going on about her daughter planning on breastfeeding and her fears that her grandchild would be MORE INCLINED TO BE A CANNIBAL! 

I found very important papers to look through.  Not touching that crazy with a ten foot poll.

[dakotablue]

Originally Posted by livacreature 

I'm lucky to be surrounded by pro-breastfeeding folks...but on the bus, a lady was going on about her daughter planning on breastfeeding and her fears that her grandchild would be MORE INCLINED TO BE A CANNIBAL! 

I found very important papers to look through.  Not touching that crazy with a ten foot poll.

she figured out our evil plan!!!!

[KristyDi]

Another one of those things where there no point in telling an older woman that her dr. was either flat wrong or lying to her.  My DH's grandmother warned me several times when DD was an infant to watch her growth because when her 2nd was 5 months old her milk suddenly "turned to water" and she had to wean.  This was what her dr. told her when her 5 month old apparently wasn't gaining as much weight as expected.

[GoddessKristie]

These are hilarious! It's amazing the things people think up! 

When I was pregnant my (childless) sister INSISTED on getting me bottles. She was adamant that if I wanted to breastfeed that I needed to pump and give it in a bottle because she knew about foremilk and hindmilk and was very concerned that the baby wouldn't get the proper ratio. The milk has to be mixed up to make sure that happens. How else will you know the baby is getting proper nutrition!?

I still have those bottles...in a closet somewhere...still in the original packaging...  

[mommy212]

Originally Posted by azhie 

Relatives and friends looked pointedly at my chest and said, "You won't have enough milk. Chinese women rarely have enough milk." 

bahaha, yes, that explains why there are so many chinese people in the world, because their mothers can hardly ever feed them... 

[blackbird2]

A pediatrician I was interviewing while pregnant recommended against co-sleeping because with all the extra nursing I would get no sleep.  She said, "It's like if somebody offered you a milkshake every hour, you'd take it, right?"

Um, no, I actually don't think I would.  As an adult I could drink shakes all day, but I don't.  And what if we're not talking dessert, but an actual healthy meal - like breastmilk is for a baby.  Would you eat an egg salad sandwich every hour?  Would we all eat constantly if given the chance??

[Hymanroth]

My husbands grandmother kept telling me and urging me to not breastfeed past 6 months and that my milk is no longer good ... :O I was even a little worried. I don't know why I let her get to me b/c I read everything that says bm is the best. 

My son is 6 months (and 20 perfect chunky monkey lbs) in a couple days and EBF - besides playing with some solids (like raw veggies) here and there ....

My FIL once said that I should give him food b/c he is too hungry to be satisfied by BM ... ok. 

and my husbands sister and mother pleaded with me to pump my milk instead of breastfeed b/c I would have no life and I need to get away. Umm.. I love being with my son :D lol 

[Hymanroth]

blackbird, that's really funny ... every mom I know is so desperately exhausted and getting no sleep and their babies do not sleep .... but my son sleeps with my husband and I in bed and has since birth and we've all had the best sleep! Yeah, I have exhausted days, but that's just how I am even before pregnancy and baby.

[bookwise]

Originally Posted by cat13 

I was told to "rough up" my nipples while I was pregnant to get them used to being nursed on. I guess that kind of advice was pretty common in my mother's generation.

same here! my ob said it right in the middle of examining me during one of monthly pregnancy visits - she grabbed one of my nipples and, i don't know any other words, kinda *plucked* at it and then *kneaded* it, like bread.. and then did it again. i was shocked and embarrassed. the next month, i asked her not to do that, a bit shyly, but still please don't do that. she did it again, laughing me off.

i switched obs that week, had my homebirth baby a few months later, and besides the normal adjustments one makes when first breastfeeding (yeah, it hurt a little! but i'm sure that had nothing to do with my non-roughed-up nipples), we were breastfeeding without problems by week 9. still going strong at 10 months tomorrow! so there, doc! pffffffffft! :P

[modestmothering]

These are startling and insightful!

I haven't nursed before but I am looking forward to nursing with my first child once s/he is born.  I plan on nursing for 2 years, or when the child weans naturally.  Some of these comments are enlightening.  Wow.  Thanks for sharing! 

[chel]

My father, that grew up near dairy farms, told me that I needed to wean as the cows needed humans to drink their milk or they will explode!

[Katielady]

Originally Posted by chel 

My father, that grew up near dairy farms, told me that I needed to wean as the cows needed humans to drink their milk or they will explode!

 

awesome.

[nstewart]

Originally Posted by cat13 

I was told to "rough up" my nipples while I was pregnant to get them used to being nursed on. I guess that kind of advice was pretty common in my mother's generation.

My mom told me this one as well.  Luckily, my Doula had told me it was an old wive's tale (and I had read "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding").  I was fortunate to that DS had a good latch from day 1, and I never had any pain with BFing.  When I told some friends (who had had babies within a month of DS) that it never hurt to nurse, one of them looked at me and said "What kinky things was your husband doing to your nipples before you had D"?
 

[cat13]

Originally Posted by bookwise 

same here! my ob said it right in the middle of examining me during one of monthly pregnancy visits - she grabbed one of my nipples and, i don't know any other words, kinda *plucked* at it and then *kneaded* it, like bread.. and then did it again. i was shocked and embarrassed. the next month, i asked her not to do that, a bit shyly, but still please don't do that. she did it again, laughing me off.

i switched obs that week, had my homebirth baby a few months later, and besides the normal adjustments one makes when first breastfeeding (yeah, it hurt a little! but i'm sure that had nothing to do with my non-roughed-up nipples), we were breastfeeding without problems by week 9. still going strong at 10 months tomorrow! so there, doc! pffffffffft! :P

*shivers* Even after you asked her not to touch you like that, she laughed and continued... yuck! I'm so glad you found a new care provider, and congrats on 10 months and counting!

[Alphaghetti]

Yipes! I was also told to rough up my nipples.

My kids are all older now, but in conversation the other day, my sister in law told me that her ex's son was gay now, and no wonder.  His mother breastfed him until he was four.  I assured her that one had nothing to do with the other. She balked, and another of our friends chimed in, saying that it was well known that breastfeeding boys causes homosexuality.

Oh boy.

[monkeyscience]

Wow... SIL will be upset to find out my brother is gay because he was BF'd. Especially since she's BFing their twin boys!

[GoddessKristie]

Originally Posted by Alphaghetti 

Yipes! I was also told to rough up my nipples.

My kids are all older now, but in conversation the other day, my sister in law told me that her ex's son was gay now, and no wonder.  His mother breastfed him until he was four.  I assured her that one had nothing to do with the other. She balked, and another of our friends chimed in, saying that it was well known that breastfeeding boys causes homosexuality.

Oh boy.

HA! 

How did our species reproduce before we invented bottles!? Every man on earth must have been gay! How horrible that they were all forced to reproduce with women just to continue the species...

[mareseatoats]

My little guy was 10 lbs 4 oz at birth and by day three was back at his birth weight (thank you placenta smoothie!) and at 5.5 months he's a healthy 25lbs. When people find out he's EBF I sometimes get "Are you sure he's getting enough?". My biceps say yes.

[BaileyB]

Originally Posted by cat13 

I was told to "rough up" my nipples while I was pregnant to get them used to being nursed on. I guess that kind of advice was pretty common in my mother's generation.

My husband's customer told him to tell that "advice" too. I was like, "I-don't-think-so..."