re: #3 ggt

It’s great it worked out for your daughter. Being on the other side, I didn’t need the “guilt” trip everytime a nurse walked in the room. I also didn’t need the guilt trip from the doctor and various strangers who would give their opinion. Nurses didn’t want to give me the script the doctor wrote to prevent me from lactating (it was still on the market then), telling me over and over it was better to use ice packs. REALLY, it is better to feel the pain? I had to yell and scream to get the script. Literally.

I nursed both of my children. I only say this to set the stage.

No, NO ONE should have guilt tripped you! But, by the same token, the formula companies have a captive audience, & they exploit it. I suspect this is all an over-reaction to that.

AND, when I finally decided to stop nursing, I was told that the prescription could cause strokes, & they wouldn’t give it to me. I won’t describe the agony & shenanigans I went through for about a week (to be fair, I had about two years of nursing ingrained in there; I should have expected some problems when I had to stop cold turkey (a whole story in & of itself!)) - & no amount of screaming & yelling did a darned thing. Glad to see that you didn’t have a stroke!