tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693979.post-69938009833765065832007-08-08T16:38:00.000-04:002007-08-08T16:38:00.000-04:002007-08-08T16:38:00.000-04:00It's been awhile for me--with regard to breastfeeding-- but I really fail to see how providing formula in the hospital might PREVENT a woman from considering breastfeeding. I mean, women who know from Day One that they will never EVER breastfeed (I knew a few like this) have two milk-filled boobs attached to their chests and you don't see THAT being something that influences them away from that decision. How can the presence of formula PREVENT a woman from deciding to breastfeed? Either you will or you won't. Everyone gets a choice and to passive-aggressively influence that choice by removing the formula option is SO VERY STUPID. <BR/><BR/>I breastfed with all my sons. When Greyson was six weeks old I had to return to the classroom to finish out my contract. I had six weeks left. I pumped like a demon, but I had to supplement with formula because there was really no reliable place for me to pump and store my milk at school. It was a mess and it affected my milk production. Like Teebs says, without formula, my kid would not have been able to survive.wordgirlhttp://wordgirl5.typepad.com/half_of_the_skynoreply@blogger.com