Shame on you Bette Midler

So many mamas can't breast feed for multiple reasons, many mamas struggle to produce enough milk to provide their babies with enough to provide them the right amount of nutrition.

Some babies cant latch and some mamas have work commitments that dont allow mamas to pump.

Sone mamas have to stop breastfeeding due to mental Health issues.

Some mamas have to stop breastfeeding because mediciation they are on to save their lives isnt safe for their babies.

This formula shortage is hard on all us formula fed mamas. The panic when you are down to your last few cans and your not sure when you are going to be able to get another can. Especially when your baby is on a special formula for whatever reason, and for someone to say just breastfeed its hurt and wrong.

Just because we cant breastfeed doesnt mean we are less of a mother and it doesnt mean we arent panicking.

For someone to say something to cruel and dismissive its wrong.

Shame on you Miss Midler.

Vivaci

@JaggedLittlePill I haven’t seen the interview, and sometimes it’s taken out of context, so maybe she didn’t mean it.

But you n me and every mother knows the number of challenges we face with breastfeeding.

I had stitches down there, and I couldn’t go to work immediately after 2 weeks. I had to pump my milk many times due to my healing stitches when I couldn’t sit and hold my baby. Later when I went to work full time, I had to pump my breastmilk while my mom looked after my son. We had to depend on baby formula sometimes due to circumstances.

JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F

@Vivaci I wanted to think she was being ironic. This was a tweet she made. I have not seen her make any comment since, but I havent looked. ...I cant be sure and either way it doesnt look good. She is usually so smart. ...

I had a struggle breastfeeding my son. I thought it was all my fault and i was devastated. I did not learn until i took my son to his first dentist appointment that he was tongue tied and this likely was the entire reason he couldnt latch and NO ONE ever suggested it. Not even a lactation cosultant or nurse. I lost out on bf him.

Vivaci

@JaggedLittlePill I’m with you on that. What it looks like from her twitter feed is that she’s responding to the Question:
Name another industry/sector/product like this.

She’s a very sensitive and sensible woman overall.

Oh no!!! So much time was lost becoz you didn’t receive the right guidance from your midwife/other experts around you…wtf! 😠 I’m sorry sweetheart…the struggle is real.