[blparent] Breast feeding help- dialogue not war

[Kate McEachern]

Nice in an attempt to keepp it clear it went in a different direction.  But 
it was a question that I asked because I remember reading about it when 
learning to breast feed my girls so I can see where it could be possable to 
breastfeed an infent after stopping for a few munths.  So no; no attempt at 
dubble meening here.

Kate
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 3:58 AM
Subject: [blparent] Breast feeding help- dialogue not war


> Kate and others,
>
> Posts like this do not need to turn into a war. Your previous post,
> Kate, posing the question about breast feeding adoptive mothers, (I just
> read this sentence and realized the way it's written I'm saying the
> mothers are being breast fed, ha-ha! Didn't change it so others can get
> a giggle) need not be taken as an inflammatory question or perceived as
> combative. A question like this is an opportunity for us to share
> experiences, resources and dialogue in general.
>
> As Dave pointed out, we will all have our methods and ideas for what is
> best. This does not make one person more right over another. And most
> arguments can find supporting evidence that sounds reasonable. It's a
> matter of personal preference, personal experience and of course outside
> influences such as medical professionals and family.
>
> I have had one set of doctors tell me one thing and make it seem like
> law only to have another group of doctors say the complete opposite. In
> fact, three doctors said a natural pregnancy would never happen, then
> another set of docs were supportive, on board and saw no reason why it
> shouldn't or couldn't happen, and here I am five months later, grin.
>
> I don't think anyone should make statements implying their way is the
> only way or interjecting comments suggesting no other thought or idea
> could be true or possible. As a blind group associated with the
> Federation, of all people we should know that ruling out the impossible
> despite detractors never leads to progress.
>
> So I say take posts like Kate's and others and turn it into a dialogue
> rather than a war. And should someone appear to lean towards the
> combative, ignore it or choose to be receptive to their opinion but do
> not engage in petty arguments that quite often, in my experience, are
> based more off of misunderstandings than actual intent.
>
> I find it fascinating that mothers out there have been able to breast
> feed without having a natural birth. From years of personal experience
> with the medical world, I know how years of documented and accepted
> science can be found to be wrong or at least not containing the whole
> picture. This is not to say anyone is right or wrong here, or implying
> that current accepted science is faulty or wrong, but I'm open to
> learning new things.
>
> For years I have heard that pregnant women are not suppose to eat
> certain foods like fish or dye their hair. Then my doctors have said
> there is nothing wrong with eating fish or dying hair. There's
> documentation supporting the "suggestive" studies on both sides; so
> who's right? I say all this to show that there will always be differing
> views and each person  must make choices for what they believe is the
> best option for them regardless of the topic.
>
> Then again, this entire post is just my opinion, smile.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:08:06 -0400
> From: "Kate McEachern" <kflsouth at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] breastfeeding help
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> I know, I asked a quesstion and now I am thinking it could unententionly
>
> start a war.  I'm shutting up because I said my peace and don't want to
> be
> an uhnententional catelist.
>
> Kate
>
>
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