tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post2253177044276364343..comments2024-01-16T04:04:41.045-05:00Comments on Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: One More ThingCammie Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-2961779654115339402016-02-26T18:41:57.472-05:002016-02-26T18:41:57.472-05:00I was blessed with two natural births as a young w...I was blessed with two natural births as a young woman. I had NOBODY who breast fed to teach me. I purchased two books on the subject and via trial and error, tears and pain, and shere will power, I learn how to feed my first and then refined it with my second. I can SO understand why someone would give up breast feeding no matter how badly they wanted to do it! You can list all day long all the wonderful benefits of breast and natural childbirth-- but to condemn ANYONE for going another route is just plain WRONG. Prudential decisions are not about morality! We are to love, educate and nurture our children; these are moral issues-- HOW we choose to do this is totally NOT a moral issue! Neither is it a moral issue when unanticipated "stuff" happens and we end up on a path we did not choose. Kindness is important in these situations. <br /><br />It is so odd these days that a woman who gives up breastfeeding, or who has a c-section, is roundly condemned but people bend over backwards to avoid saying anything negative to people who are in objective sin-- who are committed to intrinsic evils-- are treated with kid gloves and never told the truth about their actions being sins, and even mortal ones. It seems that a serious moral issue is not to be addressed but a totally NOT MORAL issue is attacked.<br /><br />It is a topsy turvy world this century.Ann Seetonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-5844796577526988392016-02-24T18:07:58.383-05:002016-02-24T18:07:58.383-05:00well put Ellen. I agree with you. I wanted to ha...well put Ellen. I agree with you. I wanted to have a vaginal birth, but I ended up having a cesarean with my first child. I opted for a cesarean unless i went into labor before the scheduled date for my second child. While they were removing her from my womb they saw my pelvis was too small anyway. My first child was bigger so that was a huge relief to me to know that i did make the right decision the first time around as well. Shelley Pawlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590010894829882724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-46241101608806507972016-02-24T15:04:20.662-05:002016-02-24T15:04:20.662-05:00Well said, Cammie. :) Maybe I'm naive, but I c...Well said, Cammie. :) Maybe I'm naive, but I can't help but insist on assuming that there is more going on with people's choices about formula feeding and child birth than mere convenience. I consider it an unexpected gift from my unexpected c-section(s) that I'm able to have empathy for women whose dreams of childbirth and breastfeeding are dashed by our fallen nature. Ellen Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282413486073228102noreply@blogger.com