Facebook says no to leaky nipples

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I've told the story elsewhere - when I was about a month away from delivering baby #2 I had a breast cancer scare. My oncologist and I came up with a plan - I'd breastfeed for 6 weeks, then wait another 6 before doing my testing. There was a La Leche League consultant who was a neighbor who was HORRIFIED that I would stop at 6 weeks. Much better, apparently, to have a dead mother who breastfed than a living one who fed her baby formula. That's nuts.

I knew someone that did have cancer while 7 months pregnant. Once the baby was born, she refused to stop breastfeeding until her son was 6 months old. Her radiation just had to wait. What happens? Cancer spread. Luckily, she did go into remission but things would not have been so bad had she not breastfed so much and gotten her treatment. I still roll my eyes when she talks like she's the expert about cancer and babies.

[preciousjeni]

I'm with Facebook because it's their house. However I don't believe there's a difference between a breast and another body part, like a hand, unless we're so sexualized and immature as a society that we can't handle it. Then again, I'm a closet naturist.

[preciousjeni]

BTW, looks like they created a site for themselves:

http://www.tera.ca/photos6.html

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

BTW, looks like they created a site for themselves:

http://www.tera.ca/photos6.html

I am traumatized.

They are being too flashy (no pun intended) with this whole ordeal. Militancy for the sake of militancy breeds contempt. Women's breasts are not obscene just as men's chests and breasts aren't obscene. But there's a time and place for everything. And I think some of those photos look gross. Posting photos of children breast feeding is volunteering info to the WORLD for the sake of volunteering it. Whatever happened to protecting your children? Plus there are a few children on there who are old enough to be eating solid food. When you're old enough to POSE for the camera, you don't need to be posing with a nipple in your mouth. Yikes.

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by ZTAMich

Is it so hard to put a burp cloth over your shoulder when you're nursing???

I KNOW! A few years ago, there was this big hubbub about how women shouldn't have to cover up. My mother and I both thought that was ridiculous. Sure its a natural process, but I don't want to see it.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

... IMHO IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LIVING MOTHER THAN TO BREASTFEED for a specific amount of time.
...
The most important thing is what is best for the mother and the baby, and that means different things to different parents and children.

Thank you! I also had an aunt die from cancer (breast cancer that metastized to her brain). How would the child feel if the mother died because she wanted to breast feed the baby?

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Heck, as far as I'm concerned, my children came out clean and wrapped in a blanket.

This made my day.

[KSUViolet06]

FYI: 20/20 tonight is about "extreme motherhood" and one of the segments is about a woman who still nurses her 7 year old, and discusses how old some people think is too old for nursing.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Whatever happened to protecting your children?

They'll sacrifice anything for their cause apparently.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

They'll sacrifice anything for their cause apparently.

Which shows their lack of sincerity in my opinion.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Which shows their lack of sincerity in my opinion.

Oh, they're very sincere. It's their care for their children that's in question.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I knew someone that did have cancer while 7 months pregnant. Once the baby was born, she refused to stop breastfeeding until her son was 6 months old. Her radiation just had to wait. What happens? Cancer spread. Luckily, she did go into remission but things would not have been so bad had she not breastfed so much and gotten her treatment. I still roll my eyes when she talks like she's the expert about cancer and babies.

Okay, I think that's a little nuts - but then I lost an aunt to breast cancer when she was 32 so maybe I was a little more scared than your friend. My oncologist and I agreed to do the first 6 weeks because that is the most important time in terms of the baby's immune system. AND I didn't even have a confirmed case of cancer - just some big ol' red flags. I'm glad it worked out for your friend, but IMHO IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LIVING MOTHER THAN TO BREASTFEED for a specific amount of time.

We are so blessed to live in a time where mothers have choices and resources. The most important thing is what is best for the mother and the baby, and that means different things to different parents and children.

[Jimmy Choo]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I knew someone that did have cancer while 7 months pregnant. Once the baby was born, she refused to stop breastfeeding until her son was 6 months old. Her radiation just had to wait. What happens? Cancer spread. Luckily, she did go into remission but things would not have been so bad had she not breastfed so much and gotten her treatment. I still roll my eyes when she talks like she's the expert about cancer and babies.

That woman is no expert on anything other than how to almost kill yourself.