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I know this comment is on a post that is quite old but I have stumble across your site and loved the irony that your story bought to this image promoting artificial baby fluid.
I'm a still feeding mum of 2 (2 and almost 4 ) and about to have my third, and am training to be a volunteer counseller with the Australian Breastfeeding Association.

Thankyou for posting this, both the image and your story. My thoughts are with you and your family, and I wish you strength on your path. I am only 28, but am genetically high risk for breast, cervical and ovarian cancer and a sufferer of endomitriosis for 15 years, which also increases the likelyhood of developing one of these cancers, and statistically melanoma as well. I'm blessed to have kids, and hope that following this birth, with a massive diet change and regular checks, I'll be able to keep on top of any diagnosis which may pop up!

zoe in sydney
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By  Anonymous, at 1/17/2007 2:41 AM  

I'm surprised to learn that soy-based formualae are banned in Canada. I nursed both of my children, but my 2nd was never satiated. He ate every hour, round the clock, leaving me with only snatches of sleep for 2 months. I let him nurse as often as he wanted for long as he wanted at each feeding, and I was drinking/eating through the day and night, so there should have been sufficient milk supply, but he always cried for more. I finally resorted to giving him a powdered milk formula at midnight, hoping he would sleep longer. Instead, he vomited - he's allergic to cow's milk, and lactose intolerant, which means no goat's milk either. The only alternative was the soy formula, which he had nightly, for one feeding a day only, until he was 18 months old. He developed fine, in fact, faster than his peers. As I understand, soy has estrogen, therefore the hormone imbalance should have delayed his masculine development. I also understand that the studies on soy all focused on people 50+ who had recently increased their soy consumption drastically, leading to hormone imbalances and dementia. I'd like to see the data that led Canada to ban soy infant formula. More than that, I want to know what alternatives there are for Canadian infants who are allergic to cow's milk and/or are lactose intolerant. Breast IS best, but situations arise that make the breast unavailable, and not every baby can handle cow or goat milk.

By  Anonymous, at 4/12/2007 12:14 AM  

thank you for your comments :)

kimberly, they might have a rice milk formula? that's the kind of milk i drink instead of cow's + soy

By  mod*mom, at 4/12/2007 12:36 AM  

I'm Kim's daughter. I live in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, which is a 3 hour drive west of Toronto. They have both organic and non-organic infant formulas at Zehr's, Wal-Mart, Zeller's, and the A&P chains here in town.

By  Anonymous, at 4/12/2007 5:02 PM  

I forgot to say both organic and non-organic soy infant formulas, sorry.

By  Anonymous, at 4/12/2007 5:03 PM  

Hi again, mod*mom .. well, as you can see, I talked to my dau. this afternoon. She had just come back from a visit w/ her SIL, & mentioned looking for deals on infant formula for Nephew, so it brought this blog to mind. I had SIL in mind when I left my prev. comment -- a postpartum infection almost took her life when baby was 1wk old, she was DEVASTATED she couldn't breastfeed after. Well, I came back to report what Tif already said, but she beat me to it. I was trying to think of alternatives to soy, hadn't thought of rice milk, but that does seem like a good alternative for extreme cases. Tif also mentioned that she & SIL researched soy, & found that Canadian regulations require that estrogen be removed from soy used in infant formulae. Well, as a Gramma, I'm relieved that my grandson was exclusively breastfed for a year, like his mama, & @ 16mos is still getting the benefits. At one time, I was the smuggest of breastfeeders. The experience with my son took me down a notch, humbling me to appreciation when everything works out to the ideal.

By  Anonymous, at 4/12/2007 8:17 PM  

thank you so much for the information kimberly + tiffany. that is aweful about your SIL! that's a good use of formula. i'm so glad to hear they can take the estrogen out of soybased formula in canada now. soy is such a huge business + better than cow.

By  mod*mom, at 4/12/2007 10:35 PM  

That photo is SO disturbing!!

By  Anonymous, at 7/21/2007 4:27 PM  

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