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NickB79

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9. That was my wife. Our daughter couldn't latch properly

Reply to tammywammy (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 09:14 PM

Jun 2013

From the first day, my wife had major issues breast-feeding our daughter. The hospital staff were wonderful, and even went so far as to send a nurse out to our house several times after we left the hospital to try to make it happen, but no such luck. I've since been told this is actually pretty common.

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Breast-feeding is best, so ban bottles, Venezuelan lawmaker proposes [View all] The Straight Story Jun 2013 OP

I don't like these sort of things Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2013 #1

What about the women that cannot breast feed? tammywammy Jun 2013 #2

That was my wife. Our daughter couldn't latch properly NickB79 Jun 2013 #9

Papua New Guinea Had Similar Law in the 1970's. Justina For Justice Jun 2013 #14

Sincerely hope this goes nowhere. Godhumor Jun 2013 #3

Good god, is there no end to the ways in which men think they are Squinch Jun 2013 #4

Odalis Monzon is a woman. DavidDvorkin Jun 2013 #6

! Squinch Jun 2013 #18

So adopted babies should starve? Jarla Jun 2013 #5

Sure. As soon as Daddy is able to nurse. Ilsa Jun 2013 #7

Dictate what we do with our bodies. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #8

Some articles on this have implied it's not a bottle ban per se Cairycat Jun 2013 #10

You do realize that some women do not produce breast milk? LisaL Jun 2013 #13

We could have breastfed but didn't. And we won't if we ever have another one Godhumor Jun 2013 #17

I guess fathers who are the primary caregiver can get bent davepc Jun 2013 #11

So if the woman has no milk, the baby should just starve to death. Perfect. LisaL Jun 2013 #12

Apparently he does not understand that even mothers who breast feed dflprincess Jun 2013 #15

Sounds like a Bloomberg initiative... n/t Earth_First Jun 2013 #16