This is just me having a bit of a vent, but doing it in here with a hope of avoiding the breastfeeding brigade!

So the child health nurse came for a visit Tuesday to weigh the girls and make sure they're thriving (which they are, they've doubled their birthweight nearly! ).

I'd gotten an email from Karicare that morning explaining that because of the WHO guidelines they need more than the girls birth certificates for me to be able to get the bulk formula discount because they are under 6 months old, and that if I couldn't get one from our doctor, one from a midwife or CHN would be acceptable too.

Our doctor is away for a few weeks, so I thought brilliant, I'll ask the CHN today, and I'll be able to order some more tomorrow.

Apparently QLD Health are 'baby friendly' and so she can't write a note condoning me formula feeding my babies without permission from her boss, and even then it has to be extenuating circumstances.

Why the **** is it any of their business how I decide to feed my children, choice or no choice, and what are they saying, that I'm not baby friendly? That I'm not looking after the best interest of my daughters because I don't breast feed? Are you kidding me?! They're being fed, they're thriving, they're perfectly healthy, and everybody who we deal with in the health profession, (and the baby photographer) comments on how amazingly content and well behaved they are, so what is so wrong about what I'm doing that QLD Health wont just write me a simple note saying that they're being fed Karicare?

It wasn't until that afternoon that I realised how incredibly offended and angry I really was about it, and now I just can't let it go! I did the best thing for my babies, myself, and my family and I just feel like I'm being discriminated against and punished for it.

The nurse herself apologised and explained that is just policy, so I don't blame her, I'm just so angry at the system and how unsupportive it all is. A new mother is a new mother, and we all deserve equal support, no matter how we feed our babies.

Just makes me even more glad I chose to have the girls in a private hospital where they didn't judge us, and supported us every step of the way.

/end rant.