Article: Suck On This

[Liz]

Hmm.. I guess I shouldn't say what people are likely to feel huh. Sorry. I figured that if something were genuinely discovered (such as your little boy's tongue) it would ease any feelings of guilt because there is a known, understandable reason. Sounds like you had a really rough time, but good on you for not letting your experience put you off breastfeeding entirely.. well done

So, I couldn't feed him yet I felt totally bullied and guilty. The worst offenders? Other mothers who breastfeed with little or no trouble.

Can I ask.. is it literal bullying? or is it sensitivity to someone saying they have successfully breastfed? I'm just wondering, because I would never bully someone or tell someone they shouldn't have gone to formula, they had their reasons for it, and I understand it's not an easy decision.

Unfortunately the pendulum can swing the other way too.. where breastfeeding mums can feel guilty for breastfeeding! It seems to be us breastfeeding mums who have to do the tip-toeing around the subject, which is a shame, because it makes it hard to be proud and open about breastfeeding.. when we need to be for those upcoming new mums to feel confidence that it can be done.

[Lil_Pearl]

Ivana_baby: No, no one here comes across as a breastfeeding Nazi. I've heard some shockers though! *cringe*.

Jillian: Oh, that's terrible that you were treated so badly! The ignorance and nastiness of it all!

So true, the pendulum can swing both ways - we should all strive to centre it!