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Originally Posted by JWithers
I had alot of trouble BFing with my daughter and she was losing weight rapidly. My ped. told me to supplement BFing with formula, and although, I didn't want to do it, I also didn't want her to die.
However, when I contacted the lactation specialist at the hospital for some extra advice, she treated me like I was a child-abuser for giving my baby formula twice a day.  The LLL is maniacal in my opinion. |
The lactation consultant I talked to told me "Think of giving formula to yorur baby as giving them alcohol" Um...no, nutjob. Oh, and the fact that I was pumping instead of straight from the breast was evil as well. Whatever.
