tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post4800247572043401808..comments2024-01-25T17:58:34.297-05:00Comments on Scott's Web Log: Insulin Vials Topped With Rubber NipplesScott Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-46920225252934994322007-12-13T20:58:00.000-05:002007-12-13T20:58:00.000-05:00Type I diabetic here, breastfed for...two years, m...Type I diabetic here, breastfed for...two years, maybe?<BR/><BR/>I think those ads should've been run the way they were originally, because I think we need to reframe this. It shouldn't be an issue of guilt on an individual mother's part, but rather, lack of good information to make choices. Most American mothers don't learn about the potential health implications when making the decision to breast or bottle feed. If they do know about them, then they are free to choose what's right for their family, and I think each person probably knows what's best for their family much better than I do, so I certainly don't judge whichever decision is made...but we need to get the message out about what to consider when making this decision--that formula and mother's milk can have different effects on children's health and development, that they aren't just the same substance in different packaging. ;)<BR/><BR/>And whoever said that mothers will feel guilt no matter what was SO right! Not making mothers feel guilty seems to me like a convenient way for formula companies to make "The Decision" all about freedom of choice instead of scientific information.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the late comment, just ran across this while randomly browsing. Thanks for a great post!Susana la Bananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625149392915396947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-38121356374358302132007-10-30T03:48:00.000-04:002007-10-30T03:48:00.000-04:00Whoa, I was just writing a post about my own perso...Whoa, I was just writing a post about my own personal experience with this as a breastfed type 1 when I found this post. <BR/><BR/>I have a lot of thoughts about this. One, I agree with people here that we really don't need to guilt/judge type 1's or their mothers more. However, I am into education promoting the benefits of breastfeeding for future mothers if it can be done in a non-judgemental way, and one that acknowledges the fact that not all mothers can breastfeed. It's not just that public breastfeeding is illegal in some places (what a messed up law), there also are some mothers that cannot breastfeed for reasons that protect their own health or that of the baby. I don't care if the formula companies feel hurt.<BR/><BR/>And the Bush Administration's hostility toward sound science (and women's and children's health, especially, it seems) is NOT ok.Bad Decision Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394225373078412615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-60186872558689743522007-10-29T10:33:00.000-04:002007-10-29T10:33:00.000-04:00Are children Who are breast-fed less likely to dev...Are children Who are breast-fed less likely to develop type 1 diabetes? The statistics they are citing are for the general population, not for children of Type 1 diabetics. The latter are far more likely to develop Type 1 diabetes. I was breast-fed, but I had a father who developed Type 1 in his twenties and a mother who developed Chron's disease in her thirties. However, my little sister, who was also breastfed, developed asthma and Graves Disease. No amount of breast-feeding will prevent auto-immune diseases in children who have been set up by fate and genetics to develop it <I>at this time.</I>. That being said, breastfeeding is the best, and the HHS campaign should have been seen in its un-tampered-with version. I'm sure that the statistics they are citing are true for the general population, not the subset of Type 1 diabetic parents. It's another example of politics and money distorting the truth in health care in this country and the vulnerable paying the price. I'm sick to death of the current regime and its insistance on promoting fallacy over fact for a profit.<BR/><BR/>As for parents not wanting to feel guilty - get over it. It comes with the territory. Just wait until they are teenagers. You will look at the piercings, the hair dye, the ripped clothing and the slack-jawed expressions while they are plugged in to their iPods and wonder "Did I do this by not doing something right?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-83192120926936070892007-10-26T14:11:00.000-04:002007-10-26T14:11:00.000-04:00I was breastfed until my mother got pregnant when ...I was breastfed until my mother got pregnant when I was one, and ta da! I have type one diabetes. I like it, but I'm not sure I want the judgmental world seeing it. Hmm.<BR/>:-/Jonahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961973384914389626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-23028175691996881402007-10-25T16:07:00.000-04:002007-10-25T16:07:00.000-04:00Scott,I'm another ex-La Leche League mom. I breas...Scott,<BR/><BR/>I'm another ex-La Leche League mom. I breast fed one kid for a year, the other wouldn't nurse and was so thin it was getting scary, so she went on a bottle at 3 months.<BR/><BR/>The breast fed one had a horrible time with allergies for the next 8 years. <BR/><BR/>I think the problem may have been that I gave him soy formula the few times I couldn't nurse, which turns out to be really toxic to babies and causes immune problems.<BR/><BR/>But though I am a big fan of nursing for babies, I have watched the nursing/bottle battle go on for 40 years and I doubt it is ever going to change. If anything, there is a lot more knowledge about the benefits of nursing in the middle classes in the U.S. now than there was when I was in my 20s in the 1970s or even in the 1980s when I worked full time in the IT field and pumped a couple times a day.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-31327434259000624492007-10-25T15:52:00.000-04:002007-10-25T15:52:00.000-04:00My mom breastfed me as a baby - longer than she wa...My mom breastfed me as a baby - longer than she wanted to because I hated bottles in fact (or so I am told). Still got Type 1. I wouldn't want her to see it and feel any more guilty than she does already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-32471329396875271182007-10-25T15:49:00.000-04:002007-10-25T15:49:00.000-04:00I agree with Shannon. I did not breast feed any o...I agree with Shannon. I did not breast feed any of my children, although I tried with each. My milk was not good. There was nothing I could do about it. There is already so much guilt thrown at mothers but then to see an ad like this, when your child does have an autoimmune disease like Type 1, hurts and adds to the guilt.Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276484548667354919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-72101046681334915572007-10-25T15:08:00.000-04:002007-10-25T15:08:00.000-04:00I breast fed Brendon for an entire year and he sti...I breast fed Brendon for an entire year and he still got Type 1.<BR/><BR/>The first reaction I got from the scrapped ad was one of guilt even though the ad doesn't really apply to me.<BR/><BR/>Women get judged enough about their choice to breast feed or not to breast feed. That ad sort of puts the blame on them if they don't breast feed and their child develops Type 1. And I think that's b.s.<BR/><BR/>As for the Bush administration, they're promoting modern day Dark Ages as far as medicine goes.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082031887238694358noreply@blogger.com