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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I was amazed by the La Leche League leader who lived next door to me long ago - about 4 weeks before I had my second daughter I had a breast cancer scare. The oncologist and I agreed that after I gave birth I would nurse for six weeks, then wait six weeks so we could see if we had real cause to worry. (Everything worked out fine, thank God. I didn't have breast cancer, and the now-sixteen year old daughter is beautiful, brillant and healthy). The La Leaky League leader was HORRIFIED -apparently, it would have been better for me to have continued to nurse her, even if it meant I had to suffer from breast cancer and possibly die. I really couldn't believe that it would be better for my daughter to lose her mother than have formula.
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Oh, goodness, how awful.
I've heard great things about LLL re: how they can help you if you're struggling with breastfeeding and they have so many resources to help, but I've also heard about judgmental stuff (though nothing quite as bad as your story.
). One of my favorite chapter sisters is involved in LLL...
The thing is that breastfeeding is not always a workable solutions for all babies in all cases. What would be better - to have starving babies or to use formula? augh.
On the other hand, I know some women who've been so offended by LLL-types who poke into their business that they're very skeptical of any public education about breastfeeding. Specifically this campaign:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfe...page=adcouncil
They saw it as poor use of funds and government intrusion into private decision-making.
I think my stance is somewhere in the middle.
Ack, sorry for the hijack.