As someone who CHOSE to bottle-feed (and gave soy formula)...I don't see how anyone can 'force' someone else to feed their baby a certain way/food. If the hospital didn't have the formula we wanted to give our kids - we would have just brought it in ourselves....no big deal.
I like the idea of a hospital not pushing formula so hard. But a mother should be able to choose for herself. I wanted to bb my first but it was difficult. We managed to work it out but the nurses drove me crazy. Every 30 minutes they would come in and ask if I was able to feed the baby yet. After the first few hours, they started threatening to prick my baby's foot to test her blood sugar. The nurse said " If it turns out to be even a little low, I am going to have to take the baby and feed it myself". She then had one pissed off momma on her hands to deal with. BB can be hard. I do think that a hospital should do everything it can to help a mother BB, and then if it doesn't work, give formula. The exception to this is that if a mom comes in and has already decided to bottle feed, then it's her choice, leave her alone.
New york is now one of the places you'd never get me to move. First, the idiots thought they could FORCE all medical personnel to get a flu shot--to the point many nurses quit their jobs and relocated.
Now this?
Yeah. Let me know how that goes for them. Ridiculous.
And they try to tell you this country is free...
If you want to use fromula, just bring it to the hospital with you when you go to have the baby. What's wrong with that?
haha I'd tell them they can fuck off. I have Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1, which can be passed through breast milk. I'd hope they wouldn't try to enforce this rule on people who are ill..
This is not what our local news has reported about it. He's not making demands or attempting to force women to breast-feed. He is wanting to have hospitals not make formula readily accessible to new Moms who are still in the hospital after giving birth and for nursing staff to try to encourage them to breast-feed.
That's different from what you suggest here.
I believe in choice in most things in life, including choosing to breast-feed or not. If a new Mom knows (before going to the hospital to deliver) she will be giving formula instead, she can always bring formula and bottles to the hospital with her.
Quoting jobo:
Just heard on the news now mayor Goon...wants to enforce new mothers to breast feed their babies at least the first six months..hospitals in nyc will carry only a limited amount of formula...being forced to breast feed,what's your thoughts?
They cant make any one breastfed if they dont want too. An any ways if they limit the amount of FF an you want to FF call find out what kind of formuala they use there an buy a can or two :O) an bring a few bottles.. I mean I ff my oldst an I brought my own FF an bottle to the hospital when I had hre any ways.
My second was bf so it didnt matter but I think they should leave the option up to the mother like now. I mean all else fails maybe charge a small fee to "buy" the formula if you FF ?
I just thnk they should leave it how it is an leave it up to the mother :O)
Am I wrong for not giving a F**** that hes dying?
- jobo
on Jul. 31, 2012 at 8:04 AM