did your mama nurse you? - Page 30

[UberMama]

I was BF'd for about three months. I was born in '83.

[LionessMom]

('76) my mom tried to bf me but gve up b/c of the pain. she seems sad to watch me nurse DD.
('79) younger brother. i dont think she even tried.
('84) youngest half-brother. s-mom nursed him till he was a year.

me- DS born 95- i made it a week. outside influences forced me to stop. i was 19.

DSDs their mom tells them she nursed them but she only did it for a week or so.

DD- '07 still going strong at 15 mo.

[tjsmama]

I was born in 1976 (my sister was born in '71). My mom said that she tried to nurse with both me and my sister but only made it about 2 weeks each time.

[Limabean1975]

Born 1975. Got boobie till about 10 months.
This was a wonderful thing given that my mom stopped nursing my older (by 2.5 years) sister at 2 months cold turkey on the advice of a doctor. (Sis wasn't gaining, "failure to thrive". Mom was following pro advice and feeding on schedule every 4 hours. Low milk supply*. Etc) *the low milk supply was no doubt exacerbated by the feeding schedule, but I suspect it was a real low supply problem as well as both me and my sister have struggled with low supply while on-cue feeding.

[didkisa]

I was born with a cleft palate, so it wasn't an option (in 1973). However, my dad told me recently that my mother never intended to breastfeed me anyway.

[Thursday Girl]

1976-my mom tried to nurse my brother, He had failure to thrive and she quit.

1978-she had my sister and did not nurse due to the dr.'s horrible accusation that she would be harming her child. (due to having lack of milk the first time.)

1980- she nursed my sister for 18 months. weaned at about 6 months into her pregnancy.

1982- nursed my twin sister and I for just under a year.

[CorasMama]

My mom nursed me til I was 2.5 years old (born 1974, weaned 1977.) I know that my parents separated when I was a baby. when I was young, they lived within 3 hours of each other. I don't know whether I weaned because they started the 3months with mom, 3 months with mom schedule, or if they started the schedule because I'd weaned.

But she was thrilled that I put forth so much effort to breastfeed my daughter (it was REALLY hard for 2 months), and ended up breastfeeding her until she weaned herself at 2.5 years. And I know she'll be proud to watch from heaven as I breastfeed my future children.

She breastfed me at the 1976 Democratic Convention

[miss_sonja]

But my younger sister wasn't nursed, and my mom mourned that for the rest of her life...

[baileyann3]

mom nursed me while smoking for 6 weeks in 1985 and stopped because she started to feel bad..

[MissRubyandKen]

no mama's milk at all. 1980

[Mommy2Haley]

At the time (1980) I'm guessing formula was all the rage.

My mother had a c-section and had a severe allergic reaction to the sutures they used. She was told that if she nursed she'd pass the infection through her milk to me and that would kill me. I doubt that would be the case but I don't have actual medical records to see what type of infection, drugs, etc were involved in this.

So, all in all, I was a 100% formula fed baby.

(My mother still thinks formula is better and pushed me for THIRTEEN months to ff)

ETA: DH was nursed until 5 months but had formula supplementation early on due to MIL's low supply. They also both had the flu when DH was 6 weeks old which I'm sure didn't help the milk situation!

[bri276]

my mom breastfed both of us (I was born in 82, sister in 86) but she gets the number of months different every time. I know she bf my sister longer. She has said anywhere from 10-13 months for me and 13-17 months for my sister. I know I got soy formula in a bottle ONCE while she was out and it messed up my digestion so much she never tried it again. I started solids at 5 months because I was reaching for everything at the table.

While I'm glad I was bf for health reasons of course, I can say 100% honestly it did nothing for either of us with our bond with her. Neither my sister nor I have many good feelings towards our mother. I think bf was the only good thing she ever did for us that was truly unselfish.

[mylegs]

I probably got a few sips from the source, but given the circumstances surrouding my birth in '78 (foreign country, mother spoke little of the language, English-speaking Dr. on vacation, emergency general anesthesia c-section, nurses who didn't speak english, no BF help, etc.) I got formula.

My mom was so pleased that I'm BF-ing DS. I know she wishes we had nursed, but we didn't and that's that. It has, however, led to some educational BF'ing conversations between us.

[jennifer413]

I was born in 1980 and my mom nursed me and both of my younger sisters for 12-13 months. And only stopped nursing because she was pregnant.

[urchin_grey]

I was born in '85 (sisters were born in '87, '89, '93, and '96) and we were all BF for 4-6ish months. I'm pretty sure I was closer to 6mo when I weaned but she weaned my youngest sister at only 4mo because she was nursing "too much".

My mom still to this day believes that babies are supposed to be weaned around the time that their teeth come in and/or when they stop sitting still for nursing sessions. She told my sister that her baby was ready to wean at 7mo because he would get distracted sometimes while nursing. Umm, hello, do you think he'd be any less distracted if that were a bottle in his mouth instead? (ETA: My sister knows that is BS, of course. Her baby is 12mo and still mostly EBF.)

And all of this is quite surprising coming from my mom because my grandmother breastfed her and her twin until they were 2.5 (they were born in '64)!

[amy9798]

I was born in 1980 and breastfed for 3 months. My brother (1982) breastfed for 14 months and was weaned because he started pulling on my mom's shirt to ask for milk. My youngest brother (1985) was nursed for 10 or 11 months. My mom has always been very supportive of my breastfeeding my kids in general and of extended nursing.

[ErikaS57]

Nope, wasn't nursed at all. Mom figured she had to go back to work in 3 or 4 weeks so what was the point. My sister was, as my mom was a SAHM by then. Unfortunately, the doctors had her on a feeding schedule (every 4 hours), so her milk wasn't as plentiful and my sister was fussy. My grandmother gave her a bottle one day, she drank it down and was happy, so she convinced my mom that her milk was bad (ie, lowfat). /sigh. Ahh well, better than nothing right?

I tried to BF my daughter, but after struggling through latch problems and supply issues, I went with EPing. Both my mom and MIL were very supportive (MIL didn't breastfeed either, though she wanted to but the hospital wouldn't let her). I only made it 8.5 months with EPing (though, had enough frozen to feed DD till 1 year). Plan to let the next one self-wean and a little nervous what they'll have to say about that.

[clicksab]

I was born in 85 and I was 100% formula fed...never got a drop of momma's milk Neither did my brother.
I also know for a fact that my mother was never breastfed. And neither was my grandmother. As far as we know, I'm the first person to breastfeed on my mother's side of the family for generations!

[Mom2J]

No nummies for me. I was born in 73. My mom bf my younger sister for a very short time. When she took her in for a WBV (I'm not sure of any details- this is just what she told me) sis had lost weight, and the doctor made my mom feel like the worst mother around and told her she was starving the baby to death. Nice, huh? Not only did my mom not attempt to bf again, but she has such a phobia about it, she can't stand to see other people bf either. She was convinced I wouldn't be able to bf DS. Boy did I prove her wrong! LOL

[Bkwyrm]

Nope, none for me. I was born in 1973 by emergency c-section due to preecclampsia. My mom intended to breastfeed, but I was in the NICU for a while and was started on formula there. My mom never got to breastfeed me.

I found out just this year that my aunt breastfed all three of her kids (born in '61, '63, and '65) for up to a year. The second kid was in the NICU for a while, where at the time they didn't allow breastfeeding. So that her milk wouldn't be wasted, my aunt went every day to a lab at the hospital where they pumped the milk and tested it for polio immunities - she was part of one of the original big studies that showed immunities are passed on in breastmilk. When my cousin got out of the NICU at about six weeks old, my aunt was able to switch her from formula to breastmilk.