Submitted by Faithe (not verified) on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 10:36pm.
This article is well written and thoroughly covers the both sides of the reasons for breastfeeding vs formula feeding. I chose to breastfeed my daughter. Right after her birth, I had a UTI. This meant that I had to take antibiotics which were passed along during nursing. This in turn caused colic in my daughter due to stomach gasses. We saw it through. When she was 20 months old, I was still nursing her when she came down with a viral infection. She threw up every two hours for 8 days. On the 6th day we took her to the ER for an IV since she had lost so much fluids. The doc said that it was not serious, but needed to be done. Further, he said that without the breastfeeding, it would have been serious. We'll never know, but it may have saved her life.
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This article is well written and thoroughly covers the both sides of the reasons for breastfeeding vs formula feeding. I chose to breastfeed my daughter. Right after her birth, I had a UTI. This meant that I had to take antibiotics which were passed along during nursing. This in turn caused colic in my daughter due to stomach gasses. We saw it through. When she was 20 months old, I was still nursing her when she came down with a viral infection. She threw up every two hours for 8 days. On the 6th day we took her to the ER for an IV since she had lost so much fluids. The doc said that it was not serious, but needed to be done. Further, he said that without the breastfeeding, it would have been serious. We'll never know, but it may have saved her life.