Hmm I just want to add another side lol with dd, I would have agreed 100% . I was so angry at all the midwives and the women on huggies being so pro breastfeeding! (I had a horrible time with poor dd- breast feeding never got easy/comfortable and she was not gaining weight and was screaming all the time so I put her on formula at 10weeks, was really upset about but just wanted to stay enjoying motherhood!) but...
When I had ds I knew what I was in for and went in expecting pain, had lansinoh and soothing breast pads at the ready and was expecting a shocking couple of months and he is now 12 weeks and we are successfully breast feeding and I see what all the people "pressuring" me were going on about! It really is the best thing/experience I have ever had. Nothing beats it and I feel so lucky I'm not in the 3%.
So now if a friend or anyone said I'm putting bubs straight on formula or only doing breast feeding if it's not hard, I would be very tempted to encourage them to try (or try longer) for THEIR sake and for how beautiful it is for the mum. It wouldn't be with judgement at all (I know that's how it feels at the time, I've been there and some midwives should not be in that field!!) it would be because I feel really sad that I missed this experience with dd and I might have missed it with ds had I not listened to the pro breast feeders on here and took their advice even though to start with they infuriated me!!
All I'm saying is sometimes what sounds like judgement is actually meant to be encouragement so YOU don't miss out. It is hard but worth it! In saying that, I think the posters and health professionals should try a different tact and be more supportive and educating women more rather than just saying you have to do it or your baby will be dumb etc... and not be so rude when handling our boobs and our babes!!
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