OB told this woman to stop breastfeeding! - Page 2

[LydiaJW]

My OB said "there shouldn't be any problems with you breastfeeding unless you feel contractions" to which I said "having sex gives you contractions, doesn't it?" and he got all red hehe. Then he told me that DD wouldn't like my breastmilk taste and wean herself, but so far she still adores her "boo-boo's" I don't know what I would have said if he recommended I quit...probably tell him that the WHO recommends 2 years of bfing and thats what I'm aiming for, but thanks for the rec'.

[1Plus2]

I'm so glad that my OB is as bf'ing friendly as he is. When I became pg with twins I took my oldest dd to her ped for an emergency visit. The doctor we got was one I had never seen before. My dd had hives and we were trying to figure out where they had come from. I told him that she had not eaten anything new and neither had I...I mentioned that she was nursing. He immediately said that if she was nursing and I was pg that I had to wean ASAP and proceeded to WRITE IT IN MY DD'S CHART that he advised me to wean!! What the....???? Needless to say I changed ped's literally the next day.

I told my OB what happened and he was LIVID! He said there was no evidence that I needed to wean even if I was carrying twins and that it was none of that ped's business because I was his patient. I believe he even called his office to tell him as much. My OB has also hired me to teach a 2 hour bf'ing class to his expectant patients. He rocks....

As a side note...my oldest dd nursed until she was 25-months-old which was about 1 1/2 months before her twin sisters were born.

[quaz]

When I went in for my first OB appointent, the nurse asked me when my last af was. I told her 3 months early. Her response? You're just coming in NOW?? I told her, yes, b/c I just got af back after 2 years, since I was still nursing... Her response?

"Honey, you'll have to stop that. You need all your nutrients for your baby."

When I told dh, he laughed and stated... uh, didn't know all your nutrients just come out of your breasts. ;-)


The dr, didn't make it out as a big deal, though, and only said that's fine... forgot the reason I mentioned it to him.

Tammy

[jillc512]

I got pg with DD when DS was 12 months. At my first prenatal appt, my medwife (no, not a typo), told me I should wean around 6 months pg so I wouldn't go into preterm labor. Although I knew it wasn't true, I wish I would have been enough of a lactivist to make a fuss about her bad advice.

[Serrendipity]

Originally Posted by NicoleyWoley

It was really cool actually, 'cept one mama had this HORRIBLE bedazzled binky with a crown shoved in her dd's mouth. She kept calling it her BLINGky.. It was so ghetto! lol:

Those ARE a "brand" of binky! I actually saw them in a magazine (have no idea which one) with a whole bunch of other things that all the stars had for their babies. Weird, huh? But if you think THAT's strange, check this out: http://itsmybinky.com/sowhgowi254d.html

I got pg with my second when my first was only 9 mos old, and had no intention of nursing her what-so-ever, even if my midwife had told me not to (and I'd have read her the riot act if she had, lol). My mom, on the other hand, had my two youngest half brothers about the same age apart and weaned on the (abysmal) advice of her OB. I forget if she mentioned something about weaning Serra, or how it came up, but I told her that a lot of OBs mistakenly still think nursing will hurt the current pg in some way, but that we know better now. I could see she was still really sad all these years later about "having" to wean so early, and out of four, that brother's the only one who wasn't nursed a full year at least.

I wouldn't call my mom a lactivist, but when I ws having latch problems with my first, she called every day to see how we were doing and try and help up. Even when I first told her I was pg, she always just assumed I would nurse. I love my mom!

Serendipity

[ColoradoMama]

I've had midwives with all four pgs, so no problems there. BUT, when I was pg with ds1, I saw my current physician for the first time (can't remember why now). I took dd1 with me, and she was nearly two (I was about halfway through my pg). She wanted to nurse in when we were in the room waiting for the doctor. Of course, she was still nursing when the doctor walked in. She didn't even bat an eye! I was shocked. I was all ready for my defense, but I didn't need it! How cool is that? She even ended up saying something about it being great that dd was still nursing. She is a mom of four who has nursed all four, uses homeopathic remedies for her kiddos, knows we co-sleep and doesn't care, is knowledgable about intactness - is it any surprise that she is still our family doc after five years!!!