I’m sorry that happened to you. There is no shame in feeding your baby in whatever way you need to. I admit I felt a twinge of guilt when I had to give my little one formula to top up what she wasn’t getting from me. My milk was fine, it just took a couple days to really start producing - then I had an oversupply…

How old is your baby? I can’t believe you were judged and thrown out of a mommy group.... WHAT? I’m assuming you told them why you weren’t BF (of course, it’s no ones business, but wow.)

>I lost friends over it, I was isolated, I was thrown out of a mom’s group

That’s so fucked up :-(

Not attempting to strain at a gnat in light of these allegations (which I believe), but time and again, I am seeing this woman labeled “Mrs. Ford,” when, in fact, she is an effing Ph.D. Identifying her as a wife, and by her husband’s name, seems an ironic diminishment, especially under these circumstances.

I pumped and never thought about it one way or the other; it was what I had to do. I wasn’t grossed out by anything. I kept everything clean and there were no problems. Both of my kids stopped before a year, just on their own and we went with formula after that. Honestly, if I could do it over, I’d use more formula.…

We did start supplementing with formula. It’s not cheap though. But yes, I think that would be easier than beating myself up about how little milk I was producing. 

There were a lot of things my pre-mother self found off-putting about motherhood. Labor, sex after giving birth, and pumping to name a few.

I tip my hat to you. I forced myself to breastfeed for over a year with D-MER. I didn’t know such a thing existed until years after. I was an idiot not to switch to formula.

Listen! In DC all they push is breast feeding, which is fine for women who genuinely want to, but as expensive as this area is...I knew I had to go back to work. It’s insane to think that I was supposed to feel a way towards the pump, it was helpful! I ended going formula only after a month because breastfeeding is…

TBH, I live in a place where breast feeding is heavily pushed and think I was slightly brainwashed when it came to breastmilk vs formula. I had envisioned floating around in a maxi dress, drinking herbal iced tea and popping my baby on my breast whenever it wanted. Both my kids turned out to be tiny five pounders and…

If Jezebel ever needs to waste some space, I promise you exclusive rights to the hours of conversations I’ve had with my friends about what constitutes a sandwich. It’s definitely going to be riveting.

Do people really think it was her? I don’t think that op-ed had anything plagiarized from Michelle Obama, did it?

Victoria’s Secret has become a bargain-bin trash store; a far cry from 15 years ago. 

I miss our Ann Taylor. It was the only place I could buy petite sized suit pants and full length jacket sleeves, instead of buying 3/4 length and having it almost reach my wrists. I never could buy petite sized shirts though. A short woman with big boobs does not exist to clothing manufacturers. Ann Taylor Loft was…

How about some goddamn petites sizes?  Apparently British brands are capable of acknowledging that there are a lot of short women that need dressing, too.  Why can’t American brands?

I am normally the first to defend famous people’s right to privacy but I swear that if we do not get high quality photos of this dog soon I will single-handedly topple the British monarchy. I will trade you every single photo of any children this or any other royal couple has or will have (from baptism to wedding to…

So why the fuck is this guy talking to TMZ and not in jail now? He literally admitted to giving her the drugs that caused her overdose, and “I’m not trying to hurt my friend” is a shitty excuse for giving someone opiods with a history of abusing them and makes you a shitty “friend”.

Well I for one think the Blue Lagoon children really grew up nicely.

I think you should have a long engagement and postpone the wedding planning until you work through more of your trauma. Don’t call it off yet because maybe things will seem better when you are better.

I’m a little late to this thread but wanted to chime in. You are 25 and (in my personal opinion) too young to be worrying about getting married. I didn’t really know who I was at that age. I’m a decade older than you and have been delaying marriage with my SO until I work through all my hang ups (or decide it isn’t…