i actually can't stand this show, so the only reason i continued watching it was because i heard the narrator say something like, "when a big baby and a petite mom spells breastfeeding trouble..." blah blah blah. i was like, what???
so after the baby is born, a 9 pounder, to a mom who is about 5' tall, the doctor came into her room and informed her that she was "too small" to keep such a big baby happy with exclusive breastfeeding. so the mom says, "ok!" and starts supplementing from the very beginning. then throughout the episode, is constantly giving the baby formula, and saying, "well i really want to breastfeed...."
it's just so asanine to automatically assume that she couldn't produce enough for her daughter. completely stupid. i'm very petite and gave birth to a big baby and i had a MONSTROUS supply. how on earth are those things supposed to be related????:banghead: :banghead:
Heather8183
08-22-2007, 02:03 PM
I've noticed that in most of the episodes of that show...the mom wants to breastfeed but continues to give the baby formula, right from the beginning and then wonders why the baby doesn't want to breastfeed...I don't BF my son (due to severe allergies), so I'm not saying BF is the only way, I'm just saying, duh! No wonder it didn't work...it's a shame.
moonphishers
08-22-2007, 02:04 PM
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
tararaboomdeea
08-22-2007, 02:05 PM
Yeah, I just watched that one, too. It's so sd that there is so much misinformation out there. :(
jadekat
08-22-2007, 02:08 PM
My kids were both over 8 lbs and I'm just over 5 ft. tall. I had no problems with supply. That is the dumbest excuse for not BF that I've ever heard.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
ferrferr
08-22-2007, 02:10 PM
The nursery nurse tried to tell me I wasn't making enough colostrum for DD#2 and told me I should supplement (meanwhile I'm leaking colostrum through my gown and bra). I just tried to give DD#2 a bottle of EBM and she smiled at me through the nipple as the EBM rolled out her mouth. She had no clue what to do, but you get her near my boob and she roots around and clamps her little fists around my boob. Bhahahaha take that stupid nurse. pffbbbbt. :moon:
Mommy2LivandNoah
08-22-2007, 02:12 PM
I saw this too, not today but recently..and it frustrated me too! I mean I had a 9lbs. 8 oz. baby and I'm only 5' 4" and I had OVER supply issues for weeks...Breastfeeding doesn't work like a one size fits all, its supply and demand...nurse they baby more frequently woman!! arrg...Ok, rant over.
valerieca
08-22-2007, 02:13 PM
What an idiot! Why don't mothers do their own research? They act like a PHD makes you all-knowing or something :banghead: :banghead:
RockinClothBunz
08-22-2007, 02:14 PM
Do you think that doc would think I was a freak of nature since I'm 5'1" and I had an over supply. @@. Reason I love and hate that show
patricelondon
08-22-2007, 02:15 PM
hebetudinous, and asinine! Sheesh!
I'm 4'10 and had a 8lb 5oz baby and she is EBF and is happily nursing right now! I am able to produce more than enough for her. I hate that they lied to her like that. :banghead:
YnotBhappy
08-22-2007, 02:26 PM
My sister managed to breastfeed while taping this show.:laugh: Yes. she was on it! Her show will debut on the 30th.
(she did to turn off the light at night to breastfeed though!)
Mommy2LivandNoah
08-22-2007, 02:32 PM
My sister managed to breastfeed while taping this show.:laugh: Yes. she was on it! Her show will debut on the 30th.
(she did to turn off the light at night to breastfeed though!)
This 30th? I want to catch it!!
Fither
08-22-2007, 02:42 PM
My sister managed to breastfeed while taping this show.:laugh: Yes. she was on it! Her show will debut on the 30th.
(she did to turn off the light at night to breastfeed though!)
oooh i'll be sure to watch it too!
Indianamom*2
08-22-2007, 02:55 PM
My cousins OB told her the exact same thing about her Acup gals.
She really wanted to BF but her OB told her that there was no way that an Acup would produce enough milk to BF at all.
I tried and tried to tell her otherwise, but she wouldnt listen. I think that she ended up nursing and supplementing as well !
YnotBhappy
08-22-2007, 02:55 PM
Yeah...it should be good: her apartment was FULL of people!:lostit:
kissum
08-22-2007, 03:05 PM
Man! That show makes me crazy! I'm always shouting at the tv during that show: "No, no don't listen to her! Don't supplement/switch your baby to formula to treat jaundice/do bottles at night!" I'm like a man watching a football game. :giggle:
Bukawww
08-22-2007, 03:15 PM
I suppose this doc has never met a mother of multiples that EBFs either - my very petite cousin had twins 3 months ago and not only did she EBF them for the first month, but because of latch issues from the NICU is now EPing (which for me spells disaster)...she must be starving her children...dumb doctor!
averysmom
08-22-2007, 04:26 PM
hebetudinous, and asinine! Sheesh!
I'm 4'10 and had a 8lb 5oz baby and she is EBF and is happily nursing right now! I am able to produce more than enough for her. I hate that they lied to her like that. :banghead:
Not trying to hi-jack. I'm also 4'10. You wanna hear the stupid things people with an md by their name say. When I first got pregnant with my ds, I went to my first appointment with an ob. She looked at my chart and said, "Because you are under 5' when would you like to schedule a c-section." Needless to say I said I don't intend on having a c-section. Then she fired me as her patient. BTW I did not have a c-section. I guess it kinda goes along with the dumb things people say.
whalvo
08-22-2007, 04:38 PM
Not trying to hi-jack. I'm also 4'10. You wanna hear the stupid things people with an md by their name say. When I first got pregnant with my ds, I went to my first appointment with an ob. She looked at my chart and said, "Because you are under 5' when would you like to schedule a c-section." Needless to say I said I don't intend on having a c-section. Then she fired me as her patient. BTW I did not have a c-section. I guess it kinda goes along with the dumb things people say.
Wow, that's nuts. I think some docs worry a lot about liability issues and they think they're just "playing it safe"... that may be the case with the nurses who say to supplement. I don't know, though.
sbolen
08-22-2007, 05:30 PM
I saw that one today as well!
How ridiculous. The last few episodes I watched the women were exclusively breastfeeding so I thought it had gotten better...and then I watched this one.
I also love a birth story....all the "medically necessary emergency c-sections"
Calideedle
08-22-2007, 05:36 PM
That is so stupid!! I cant believe the things DRs say!
jesshb
08-22-2007, 06:57 PM
It makes me mad what some docs/nurses do in the hospital. You are so vulnerable and impressionable then. With my dd, they convinced me that she was "starving" and of course you don't want your lo to "starve" so for the first two months, I would "supplement" with formula. Of course bfing was horrible the first two months and wouldn't you know it, when I stopped confusing the poor girl and stuck with bfing, it got better.
This time with ds (different state, different hospital) I had an AWESOME lactation consultant. She showed me a chart of an infant's stomach size and assured me that for the first few days, the newborn is living off of what he/she had in utero and then the colostrum is sufficient until your milk comes in. I've been ebfing my ds for 4 months with NO problems.
That show irks me too...I especially hate how they feature low-income moms who are convinced by the medical profession that they need something they can't afford :banghead:
Manna00
08-22-2007, 07:17 PM
That show does drive me crazy. I'm 5"1 and gave birth to a nearly 9 lb 15.8oz babe who was exclusively nursed from the get-go.
radmamma
08-22-2007, 07:39 PM
I HATE that show. Anytime I've ever watched it, I get infuriated. I have stopped putting myself through it and watch Sesame Street at 9. Although, that show gets me mad sometimes, too...
negrapy
08-22-2007, 08:21 PM
speaking of stupid things that are said there -
I've just heard you can't ebf a boy for very long because they are just hungier than girls "FIOJ HE)(R#)(RU#(R* )#%*$#%#+)%" is what i think about that
and my gma told me just lately that my ds #2 couldn't have gained 2.5 lbs in a month on MILK ALONE - Well of course he did - he was 4 months old - i mean what else was he going to be eating ?????????
mama_2_two
08-22-2007, 08:31 PM
I saw this show today too and thought to myself how stupid that comment was. There seems to be a lot of moms with "breastfeeding issues" on this show. I am always surprised by the ones that supplement until their millk comes in because they don't think the baby is getting enough. Kind of defeats the purpose...
I had two great nursers in my first two kids--no problems at all besides painful initial engorgement and some clogged ducts now and again. I actually got myself worked up when I was pregnant with my third because I watched this show! I was so worried that I would have problems because it seems like so many people do (so many people as in those on Bringing Home Baby.) Fortunately, we did fine. It makes it easy to see what its effect would be on first time moms who don't have the support and info they need to be successful.
bohlander04
08-22-2007, 08:35 PM
Not trying to hi-jack. I'm also 4'10. You wanna hear the stupid things people with an md by their name say. When I first got pregnant with my ds, I went to my first appointment with an ob. She looked at my chart and said, "Because you are under 5' when would you like to schedule a c-section." Needless to say I said I don't intend on having a c-section. Then she fired me as her patient. BTW I did not have a c-section. I guess it kinda goes along with the dumb things people say.
Wow that sounds familiar. My cousin is under 5ft and they told her the same thing. Sad thing was she went through with it because she didn't know otherwise. There was absolutely no other reason for her to have it. They just said she was short. Told her I wished I had lived closer to her during her pg so she could've had someone to talk to.:banghead:
Sunshinesmiles22
08-22-2007, 08:37 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who yells at the tv. :laugh: My DH and I used to think we were nuts, but since homebirthing, ebf'ing, ec'ing, joining a holistic mom's group,etc... We've decided it's all of THEM who are crazy!!
staceyroo77
08-22-2007, 08:48 PM
Not trying to hi-jack. I'm also 4'10. You wanna hear the stupid things people with an md by their name say. When I first got pregnant with my ds, I went to my first appointment with an ob. She looked at my chart and said, "Because you are under 5' when would you like to schedule a c-section." Needless to say I said I don't intend on having a c-section. Then she fired me as her patient. BTW I did not have a c-section. I guess it kinda goes along with the dumb things people say.
That's crazy to ask someone if they want a c-section b/c they are short. I'm 4'11 and I'm glad I wasn't asked that question! I also had over supply issues, I can't stand to be engorged! My babies weren't very big, 5lbs 11oz and 6lbs 13oz, but they do grow fast!
earthymama
08-22-2007, 09:44 PM
It's amazing how so many people just go with what they hear instead of self educating themself. I am sure she had the thought "well he is a doctor he MUST know better then anyone" uhg! it erks me. Most doctors don't even know half of what they are talking about when it comes to BF'ing,I mean they get a small lecture on the 'VERY' basics and that's it! Unless they self educate they always give out wrong information and woman just go with it.:yuck:
I know a woman who is about 4'10-4'11 and had an over 9lb baby and she was very successful at bf'ing.:thumbsup:
EricaLynn
08-23-2007, 02:09 AM
Ugh this bothers me as well. I think that I have only seen one or two episodes where they come back 8 or so weeks later and the mom is still bfing. They totally should have suggested nursing as much as possible and useing formula as a LAST result and only if the baby was not gaining weight. Ugh this is stupid, its like saying small boobs cannot produce enough, which is totally wrong. Little boobs can have just as much milk as big ones, some people are just supid:yuck: They want women to bf because its good for the baby and for the mom and then they come up with with sillyness.
Birdof1985
08-23-2007, 02:51 AM
i hate this show because thats the thing that annoys me... they want to BF but then it seems something stops them.
last episode i watched there was a young couple and the gilr used a cover (i assume cause she was on TV) and said "well it hurts and its gross (she said she meant the leaking)" she claimed she had to stop nursing because the baby would latch but wouldnt suck or some bull--- well honey, take that darn cover off and quit complaining!
mhr1406
08-23-2007, 04:21 AM
That show does drive me crazy. I'm 5"1 and gave birth to a nearly 9 lb 15.8oz babe who was exclusively nursed from the get-go.
WOw I thought my boys were big! I'm about 5'1 and both my boys were 9lbs and 4 ozs:giggle: My supply must be good seing as my 19 month old is still 95% breastmilk only still.
silly doctors........
Oh and I don't watch the show. Most days our tv is never even turned on.
Sounds like its interesting to see though.
mammamo
08-23-2007, 06:02 AM
grrrrr:dontlikeit: I'm always yelling at the TV screen watching it too. I hate it at the end when they show them in a few weeks and none of them are still bf'ing. The one was all like, "well, he just took to the bottle" Yeah BECAUSE THAT's WHAT YOU WERE FEEDING HIM!!!! ugh.....
YnotBhappy
08-23-2007, 08:34 AM
My sister and I always joked that it was because formula companies were the sponsors. :laugh:
I sure hope that isn't true.
My mom is 5' and she ebf all four of her kids...I think I was bf until I was two or something. (I get teased by the others for this)
All four of us have ebf our kiddos (totaling 16 children by this time next year)
Maddie&Jake'sMom
08-23-2007, 10:14 AM
I'm 5 feet tall and it took me 3 friggin months to get my oversupply issue fixed. I could have fed an entire village.
ETA: I never fed a drop of formula to Maddie either.
myall4him2
08-23-2007, 10:19 AM
Yeah, I just watched that one, too. It's so sd that there is so much misinformation out there. :(
I agree! If people would only educate themselves! Read up on things! Learn that doctors DON'T always know what's best!
tmfletch
08-23-2007, 10:45 AM
BF = good for baby = good for mommy :goodvibes:
I thought that I would stop breastfeeding at 6 months- but we are still going strong. I don't know who enjoys it more- DD or me! :loveit:
jjaelovesenglish
08-23-2007, 10:51 AM
The nursery nurse tried to tell me I wasn't making enough colostrum for DD#2 and told me I should supplement (meanwhile I'm leaking colostrum through my gown and bra). I just tried to give DD#2 a bottle of EBM and she smiled at me through the nipple as the EBM rolled out her mouth. She had no clue what to do, but you get her near my boob and she roots around and clamps her little fists around my boob. Bhahahaha take that stupid nurse. pffbbbbt. :moon:
I sooo know what you mean. Just had to laugh at that. :giggle:
geez0pete
08-23-2007, 10:57 AM
If what that dr said in the OP was true, then how can a small woman, like me, EBF twins? Some docs....
lilyfish
08-23-2007, 03:10 PM
Seriously. A DOCTOR said this? A .. a doctor? I want to cry.
This is why I don't listen to doctors. Any idiot can get through college. IMO, I may not be a trained professional but I trust a combination of LOTS of independent research and MATERNAL INSTINCT in making decisions re: my son more than I will ever trust any one doctor.
mommy21princess
08-23-2007, 06:03 PM
That's crazy. I know I'm constantly yelling and getting aggravated at thsi show too. Funny that all of them who supplement in the beginning NEVER have enough supply. URGHH...
I also saw the one where the girl said it was GROSS I was like, umm...have you tasted formula? That's erks me too. I knew she wouldn't last long, BUT she did say she was pumping so that was good. :) I also thought that stupid cover was a bit much so early on, she couldn't even get the baby to latch cuz she was so worried about the grossness of it and that cover in the way.
As for self educating, I so wish more ppl would do that. I swear I know more than half the doctors/nurses around here about nursing becuase I'm a huge researcher of the topic. I'm interested PLUS I want to do whats best for my dd. If more parents would self educate I bet we'd have much healthier babies.
