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I feel the same way. Shortly before (like two weeks) I got pregnant with my oldest parented daughter I had breast reduction surgery. This was in 1984 and it was a very invasive surgery – picture nipples being “removed” and then sewn back on and scars from armpit to armpit. Anyway my plastic surgeon did not recommend that I attempt to breastfeed. I was ecstatic! My oldest sister breastfed all of her kids and the youngest who was about 3 at the time would trot up to her, unbutton her blouse to get to her “ha haas”. I mean the kid could walk, talk and potty in the toilet at that time! It totally made me uncomfortable. Then, to make it worse, my sister paraded into my hospital room several nurses in the BF program to inform me that my plastic surgeon was ill-informed and that I wasn’t doing what was best for my daughter. I felt like a heel.
I recognize that this is “my” issue. I recognize that it’s irrational. Still, didn’t want to do it for my girls and especially wouldn’t have wanted my son’s mom to do it for him. Do I care less about all of my children and their well-being than a breastfeeding mother? I don’t think so. It’s not a choice that worked well for me or for my family. And it wasn’t what I would have chosen for my son.
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Paige
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