Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…Too Many Nice Pairs Of Breasts Have Been Ruined By Breastfeeding.”
“You should wear a bra as long as you nurse, even while you sleep. Too many nice pairs of breasts have been ruined by breastfeeding.” -OB at a prenatal to 18 year old mother pregnant with her first child.
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If I were to put this into a novel,t he teen mom would respond, “Doctor,would you mind putting into my medical notes that you think I have nice breasts,so that my father the malpractice attorney will have more evidence than just my word against yours?”
Seriously! Would he have liked it if she had replied, “I wonder how many nice ####s get ruined by fathering a child”? And if not, why? :-b
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I forgot who it was, but someone commented correctly on this website somewhere that “breasts change shape due to pregnancy, age, and gravity” not breastfeeding. My favorite comment!
Or, as my friend would say, “I think mine are getting longer!”
But seriously, it’s not nursing.
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sorry, nursing is what they are primarily for!
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Evelyn Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 3:44 am (Quote)
Don’t be silly, breasts are for your husband to enjoy. How dare you deprive him 
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Jane Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 5:15 am (Quote)
I’m really shocked reading this site how many parts of a woman’s body are considered the property of her husband or male partner and are not to be ruined by using them for the purpose they were designed for.
Breasts for breastfeeding? How shocking! The vagina used as a passage for the baby to be born? Horrifying! OH NOES!!! What will the husband do if his experiences are not exactly the same after birth as they were before!?
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Kat Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 8:52 am (Quote)
And it’s so SILLY because the whole pregnancy/parenthood deal is change. Your life changes when you become a parent. Your body changes, your priorities change (assuming you’re not a negligent unfit parent), and that is life. Sometimes c-sections are necessary, sometimes breastfeeding is impossible, but to CHOOSE not to even try out of a misguided belief it will hold back the hands of time is illogical, and futile as well.
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Yeah, total load. I have nursed 5 kids, and mine are just fine. No, they don’t look like they did when I was 19, but they are gorgeous.
And wearing a bra 24/7 can be a risk factor for mastitis, especially during engorgement. You want to talk about something that will mess up your breasts? OUCH! Let the girls have some air!
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God forbid a young (teen) mom show interest in breastfeeding her baby…how about some real information on the BENEFITS of breastfeeding to both mom AND baby?!
I’m 2 weeks away from the 2-year BFing mark (!!) and I can’t say I notice much of a difference in the ladies. My husband hasn’t complained. And besides, regardless of how many babies use my breasts for their intended use, I can’t fight age, genetics and the effects of pregnancy.
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I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding for six years straight and I’ve only got two kids. My breasts are better now then they were before I got pregnant the first time.
What a load of crap to be telling a teen mom. Breastfeeding is the best thing that she could do for her baby. And it does not ruin breasts.
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Brittany had this to say,
Jan 11, 2010 @ 7:04 am (Quote)
Wow. This is wrong on so many levels.
I was 16 when I conceived and 17 at the birth, and I intended to breastfeed from the start. Before I transfered to my midwife from the horrid OB I had the OB asked what kind of bottles we intended to use. I informed her I intended to exclusively breastfeed, and in shock she says “You don’t know how! You’re too young to nurse, young mothers never stick with it.” She then turns to my husband (who she insisted on calling my boyfriend) and says “Make sure you take the formula samples the hospital gives and buy some bottles before the baby gets here. You won’t want to be out buying formula on the way home from the hospital.” UGH. My lovely DD is now almost 19 months and still nurses. I never had a single problem. : )
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Kat Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 7:32 am (Quote)
GOOD for you Brittany! It’s absolutely awful that the doctor treated you and your husband that way. Congrats on 19 months of breastfeeding, that is an awesome accomplishment at any age.
Oh and it doesn’t matter what age your first child is born, everyone starts out inexperienced with breastfeeding! I enjoy answering questions on breastfeeding support message boards, and I expect I’ve answered just as many questions from 25-30 year old first time mothers as I have questions from younger moms.
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I was 19 when I was married and 20 when I conceived #1. The first Dr kept calling him my boyfriend/partner, and even wrote that I was an ummarried woman in my chart!
Thankfully I mainly saw the midwife at the practice and she was very supportive of my choice to breastfeed. BUT I had to have a biopsy on my left breast at 2 months post partum (I have a long family history of breast cancer, had just been diagnosed with CIN3/stage 0 cervical cancer, have fibrocystic breasts and had found a large painful lump) and when I told the oncologist that I wanted to wait on the biopsy if it would affect my breastfeeding he said, “Don’t worry, 2 months is plenty long to nurse.” before sticking a huge needle in my chest.
I ended up with complications and leaked profusly out of the incision for over a week, had to start supplementing and within 2 months, my son was done! I had a slow let down to begin with and he wanted the bottle. I was so sad!
With my 2nd (15 months right now) I am still nursing despite my MIL’s comments of, “you should really wean him by now.” and “your husband did just fine without breastmilk.” My pediatricians are also supportive…. for now. I am just praying I don’t have to deal with them telling me to wean in the next year, as I have planned to let him self wean.
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Wren's Mama had this to say,
Jul 13, 2010 @ 9:01 pm (Quote)
Wow…”Dirty old man admires fruitfull young womans breasts.” Gross much?
As most of you lovely ladies have said, its not breastfeeding that changes breasts, its lifes other two culprits…
Time and his twin brother, Gravity. Oh, I guess we should include Mother Nature in on that, as gravity is her fault.
I am currently breastfeeding my almost year old daughter (she will be one in a few days!!!)
And this also makes me proud of my Best Friend for Life. She was 19, married (asked by her hospital staff MULITPLE times if she knew who the father of her child was…Every time she replied with “Yeah, my HUSBAND”) breastfed her son til he was 22 months and self-weaned.
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What a total load.
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/Media/Press_Releases/Breastfeeding_Does_Not_Create_Sagging_Breasts_Study_Throws_Out_Old_Wives_Tale.html
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/126639.php
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Lindsey Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 4:20 am Lindsey(Quote)
Love it! Thanks for that, just another site to add to my arsenal.
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