Keeping the Useful, Discarding the Dross

[sakon76]

This evening, Wonderful Husband and I went to a class about breastfeeding. Which actually did contain some information that I found new and useful. But the teacher really turned me off with her attitude. Despite the fact that she was already preaching to the converted, she was practically evangelical about breastfeeding, and almost militantly against things like epidurals and C-sections.

I'm sorry, I'm hoping to give birth naturally, vaginally, without drugs, but if it wasn't for C-sections, my mother would have died giving birth to me and I'd be dead right along with her. So sometimes these things are medically necessary!

Le sigh. Letting go of the irritation. I am one; I am zen; I am going to bed....

Comments

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Sleep well!

[therhoda.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah the natural is the only way brigade. I actually had one of those tell me i wasnt a real Mom because my kids were c section babies. Now the fact that i have breastfed three of the little parasites went right over her head.

Best advice on Children and all the things around them is take it day by day and there is NO normal.

Breastfeeding hurts, they LIE to you and say it dosnt. First three to four days it does no matter WHAT you do. Key things to make sure is that your not getting blisters or cracked skin and that the sprog is getting something. Your breasts will adjust it just takes a few days and you and the sprog have to figure out what works for the two of you. Also LOTS of Liquid, i cant say that enough remember to drink even though full bladders are a pain and dealing with the mess YUCK, still lots of water and such will make it easier on all of you.

*Okay gets down off her soap box* If you want to talk to another mom mail me anytime

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Yeah, the fanatics are accorded too much space in momworld. Ignore them. Yes, it's lovely if you can follow your birth plan, but too many variables means that plans change.

The teal dear of breastfeeding is to make sure the baby has latched on correctly, use lanolin like crazy to help with the cracking, and drink lots of water to stay hydrated, and cut yourself some slack. With my first, on the third day, I hurt too much to breastfeed. So I pumped, J fed the baby with a bottle, and the next day, I could once again latch her one and the pain was bearable. Do what works for you, ignore the crazy people.

*more hugs!*

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

People who categorically rant about stuff like this clearly have no clue about the realities of real life as opposed to the ideal. and I'm sorry you had to run into one. I have been told by my surgeon that if I have children, I will most likely need a scheduled c-section to prevent my uterus from tearing during labor, due to the scarring left by fibroid removal. I am not terribly happy about this, but there are health reasons why it needs to be an option.

Is vaginal birth the ideal option? Yes. Do we live in an ideal world, under ideal circumstances? Not always.

[cazcatharsis.livejournal.com]

I saw that documentary called the Business of Being Born, and it turned me off the hospital thing. Nearly went all 'my way or your bad' on that subject, but then I thought if it wasn't for C-sections, my twin nephews wouldn't be born, nor my other neice and nephew. I think the extreme amounts of Csections aren't good, but it needs to be balanced. Home birth, natural birth, great! IF one is healthy enough for it. If not, do the slicey thing. Dying isn't gonna do anybody any good, right? So yah. Whatever you choose is great. As long as you and babe are safe and healthy afterwards :D

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

I am so on board with the "do what you need, ignore crazy hippies" crowd. I've have friends who have gotten SHOUTED AT for doing intelligent things like taking antibiotics during labor so that the child doesn't get a nasty infection at birth, and I just want to ask the hippies what business it is of theirs. Queen Victoria was one of the first women to give birth under anesthesia, and some very sexist folks thought that she was violating original sin for not suffering overmuch during labor. Sad to see that some folks are going back to good-old-fashioned making women feel like shit for opting to control their bodies and make informed choices, by using the age-old BS of being "natural".

TL;DR: SCIENCE DAMMIT