https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:40:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding/page/2#post-1390889 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:29:43 +0000 Aimed 1390889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I gave birth in NY shortly after the latch on campaign and I was really worried about facing pressure from nurses etc to BF when I planned to formula feed. I actually didn't receive any pressure but the campaign was quite aggressive so I see your point.<br /> What the UAE are doing is aggressive and misogynistic. :sad: I'm sorry to say that I suspect that this is a tool to keep women at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding/page/2#post-1390795 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:56:13 +0000 daniellemybelle 1390795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meganmp: Good question!</p> <p>I was heartbroken that I could not EBF. To watch another woman nurse my baby would probably kill me. I don't think there's anything wrong with wet nurses if the mom is comfortable but I can't imagine being forced to use one.</p> <p>But I also can't imagine being married to someone who would actually sue me for not breastfeeding for 2 years so hopefully this is one of those laws that are more symbolic? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding/page/2#post-1390737 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:38:19 +0000 meganmp 1390737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm curious about who is going to pay the wet nurses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding/page/2#post-1390666 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:19:50 +0000 loveisstrange 1390666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A woman's MFing right to choose. Period.</p> <p>Ridiculous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390665 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:19:37 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1390665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: very true.</p> <p>Islam does encourage us Muslims to nurse for 2 years but in what world can a husband use his wife and why would the government do this shit? I do NOT agree and creating barriers like that in parenting and marriage is not Islamic. UAE is getting crazy and trying to use Islam as their excuse? No. Don't they dare! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390652 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:17:51 +0000 LindsayInNY 1390652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, guys, I get it - my comment is not comparable. I dropped the issue and don't need everyone to keep commenting at me to mention it. Point made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390628 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:12:37 +0000 mrsjazz 1390628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read this and think it's crazy. No one should be forced to breastfeed. And for 2 years? Whew. I wonder if the birth rate will go down because of this law. "Gotta have a baby on the teat for 2 years, well you only get one, honey!"</p> <p>@LindsayInNY: Not comparable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390573 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:56:35 +0000 coopsmama 1390573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: haha!! Yes please!! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390401 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:05:42 +0000 yellowbird 1390401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! That's way out of line! </p> <p>@jedeve: hahaha!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390382 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:59:15 +0000 LovelyPlum 1390382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I've never been, either, and I really don't know very much about the place, other than I know some people who went to high school there. I guess my thought was that if the point of the law was to provide every child with breast milk, then offering formula to mothers who don't/can't breastfeed makes the whole thing redundant.</p> <p>But I agree, it does seem really strange. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390379 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:58:44 +0000 jedeve 1390379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could I just get a night wet nurse? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390373 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:57:26 +0000 pui 1390373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: This is what I was thinking... sue for what exactly? Maybe it's grounds for a divorce? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390371 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:56:58 +0000 pui 1390371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow that's just nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390363 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:55:27 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1390363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That seems outrageous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390352 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:53:36 +0000 blackbird 1390352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovelyplum, Wikipedia tells me that the UAE is "cosmopolitan" and diverse? I've never been there, but it says there are mosques and Hindu temples and is known for its religious tolerance. I guess I got the impression it was a little more forward thinking? Not that I've ever been there!</p> <p>So the whole "it's in the Quaran" part seems a bit invalid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390338 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:50:31 +0000 LovelyPlum 1390338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I totally agree with you, don't get me wrong. It does seem really bizarre now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390327 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:48:59 +0000 blackbird 1390327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah i know, but formula has come a long way, and as a modern woman, the whole concept squicks me out. I can't relate at all, to say the least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390287 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:40:12 +0000 LovelyPlum 1390287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: to be fair, wetnurses were very, very commonplace for a long time. I'm not saying that I think mandatory wetnurses are a good idea *at all*, but in a traditional culture, it does not surprise me that they are more desired than formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390280 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:37:29 +0000 blackbird 1390280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so stupid. I hope it bites them in the ass, quickly, and gets revoked. </p> <p>Also disturbed that wet nurses are the better option over formula. So do you have say over what the wet nurse consumes? Are they paid? Seems like it will mess up the child/mother relationship to have a toddler nursing off another woman. </p> <p>So bizarre </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390278 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:35:45 +0000 LovelyPlum 1390278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry-I realized my original comment made no sense as worded. I edited it to try again :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390273 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:33:31 +0000 Mrs. M 1390273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Horrible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390267 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:31:23 +0000 LovelyPlum 1390267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It seems crazy to me to punish women who cannot breastfeed, or for whom breastfeeding is not the best decision. I don't think it is a good law. </p> <p>That being said, I find it fascinating that this legislation was passed as a part of a "child's rights law." Maybe I'm misinterpreting, but it seems to me that the law is implying that children have a right to be breastfed because it's better for them. So the law is really taking the decision about what is best for the child out of the parents' (mother's, really) hands. In some ways, possibly unintended, the child is being given more rights than the mother. I'm really curious to know what other provisions appeared in this child's rights law, and whether they privilege children over parents in any other ways.</p> <p>ETA: In a very different way, it made me think of child rights laws in Sweden (<a href="http://www.government.se/sb/d/15662" rel="nofollow">http://www.government.se/sb/d/15662</a>). I think there are a few bees who live in Sweden-I'd be curious to know if you think I'm nuts for comparing the two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390252 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:25:54 +0000 lawbee11 1390252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: @LindsayInNY: I recently read an article in "Pediatrcs" (the publication of the AAP) that stated that if 90% of US mothers exclusively breastfed until 6 months there would be a savings of $13 billion/year. The article I read was published in 2012, but this 2010 article from USA Today discusses it, too. </p> <p><a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-05-study-breast-feeding_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-05-study-breast-feeding_N.htm</a></p> <p>That being said (and assuming the savings in the United Arab Emirates would be similar), I don't agree with any woman being forced to breastfeed, especially for 2 years. I don't see anything wrong with the NYC law, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390222 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:17:34 +0000 looch 1390222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd love to know what women's rights are, can they have their own assests? What is the husband actually suing his wife for...financial settlement? Can he request a divorce? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390220 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:17:24 +0000 Maysprout 1390220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: oh it says in the link you added that it will be provided at the mothers request. </p> <p>Like for both my girls (we don't live in NYC) they asked if they should put no formula on their card since breastfeeding was going fine. I think the NYC law just makes it that the assumption isn't to provide formula unless indicated otherwise and instead to assume breastfeeding unless indicated otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390215 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:15:20 +0000 LindsayInNY 1390215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: I don't think there is any benefit for the government. They're phrasing it as a "best interests of the child" situation. The article looked like it was undecided about possible penalties though and whether to impose it on both WOHM and SAHM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390195 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:11:13 +0000 Happygal 1390195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's kind of in my nature to play devil's advocate, but I really can't see the benefit of the government's involvement in this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390191 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:10:16 +0000 LindsayInNY 1390191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: @pinkcupcake: My understanding is that you can't request it. Haven't been there to know yet though... Not trying to thread jack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390187 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:09:33 +0000 pinkcupcake 1390187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: The two laws are not comparable at all. The NYC law just says no formula unless (1) medically necessary or (2) at mother's request. I don't get how that is similar at all to mandatory, forced breast feeding. The NYC law doesn't force anyone to breast feed - it says right there that the mother can ask for formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mandatory-breastfeeding#post-1390181 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:07:48 +0000 mamimami 1390181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: To me it's like requiring a prescription for a given food or medicine vs. outlawing it and providing grounds for legal repercussions! Not to mention we're talking 48 hours vs. 2 years. I don't want to get this thread off track into the issue of formula marketing but I think that's more of what's at stake in NY. </p>