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[yeishlitikvah]

I decided to lower my blood pressure, and improve my use and enjoyment of lj. I unfriended the breastfeeding community from my friends page

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[skittish_derby]

I read a few posts from that comm, and I felt the same way. I only nursed Hazel for six months and I stopped cause it was sucking the life out of me. I wouldn't want to be judged for making an adult decision. that comm seems really judgey in general, just reading their description page: breast milk is a right for all babies, I am paraphrasing but the general consensus is you are a horrible mom if you consider stop nursing your kid before they are 18. lol.

[silkygecko]

I can't read it either.... The community was helpful to me a few times, and I learned about therashells for flat nipples, herbs for supplementing, etc. from there, but I started to see myself getting sucked into the mentality, which is not good for me since I can't measure up. I have PCOS and IGT, so I legitimately don't make enough milk and have to supplement with formula. It used to make me totally ragey when women were like "I'm pumping 4 oz from each breast, do I have low supply?" When I'm over here ingesting herbs like crazy, pumping all the time, feeding all the time and I still can only pump 2 oz MAX from each breast

[olycaryn]

I had to bail on that community for the same reasons.