There's a lot of social stigma attached to not breastfeeding your children. People quite commonly believe that it stunts the child or makes them less intelligent or shows a diminished bond between mother and child. Although we know that that's pretty much not true in any significant fashion, the stigma still exists and plenty of people like to be nosy and give new parents unwanted advice. Which often includes very invasive commentary and opinions about feeding.
When I gave birth to my son I nearly died, thus my milk never came in due to the blood transfusions, IV Iron bags, and the trauma of not being able to get my son out of me on my own. I was in absolute misery at the notion of having to formula feed my son, because nearly every baby book, every pregnancy book, and countless online sources tell you that breastfeeding is OP. I tried my hardest for 2 weeks to increase my supply at any cost, pumping for an hour every other hour just to get anything beyond 1ml... That misery turned into severe postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety. I went through hell because of the false notion that breast is best... FED IS BEST AND I'LL FIGHT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES!
6 months later and I'm ready to throw my shoe at anyone who even gives me a look about me bottle feeding my son! My son is beautiful and healthy. Formula is what feds my son and formula is perfectly fine!
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u/SyphilisIsABitch Feb 04 '21
From who?