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ejpoeta

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4. i think it was more me. When I had my middle child I would go

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 09:26 PM

Aug 2012

off in another room and feed her and always felt isolated. No one told me not too do it. I just felt odd about it. But for me it was cheaper.... and I got WIC too.

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"Sorry — You Can’t Guilt Trip Me About Bottle Feeding My Kids" (Jezebel) [View all] REP Aug 2012 OP

good for her. i breastfed 2 of 3 kids... ejpoeta Aug 2012 #1

So you were feeling pressure not to breastfeed, because breastfeeding would make you be pnwmom Aug 2012 #3

i think it was more me. When I had my middle child I would go ejpoeta Aug 2012 #4

I think that's why some women become champions of breastfeeding. pnwmom Aug 2012 #7

Why should you be surprised at the "venom" in the comments, when she started it all pnwmom Aug 2012 #2

She does have a point Warpy Aug 2012 #5

She might, but she framed it in an insulting manner. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #6

I'm sure the provocation was extreme Warpy Aug 2012 #8

In this thread there's another woman who felt like she was the "odd one out" pnwmom Aug 2012 #9

She's allowed to own those feelings after the treatment she received REP Aug 2012 #10

And the women who made comments to her are allowed to make them after the treatment pnwmom Aug 2012 #11

Okay then. I think they're batshit for going all out on her. I mean, who gives a flying fuck? REP Aug 2012 #12

As I said, my sister bottle-fed and I breastfed, and neither of us insulted the other one pnwmom Aug 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Aug 2012 #14

Good to hear you didn't get static! REP Aug 2012 #15

In late 80's/early 90's, I chose to breastfeed all three of my daughters kdmorris Aug 2012 #16

What you said! REP Aug 2012 #17

She sounds like an asshole. LeftyMom Aug 2012 #18

Yeah, I used to hear that about my mother REP Aug 2012 #19