Is breastfeeding vegetarian?

[yvr girl]

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[progmom]

1. now that's a good one!

:applause:

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But maybe you mean vegan?

[yvr girl]

4. That too. Is it Vegan?

[yewberry]

5. Yup.

Silly person.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Only if you smoke while doing it.

:yoiks:

[noahmijo]

3. LoL well as a vegetarian my response would be

you're not killing anybody to obtain that milk plus it's a necessity not an option for babies.

[despairing optimist]

6. Only for Barbara Bush

[Jara sang]

7. Not if you are Lacto-ova

Lact-ova don't do milk or eggs. Human beings were never meant to drink bovine milk.

[yewberry]

9. Er

I tinks you gots it backwardy.

Lacto-ovo people DO do eggs and cow milk. Human breastmilk is considered vegan.

[Jara sang]

10. I wasn't sure about that.

I always get those mixed up

[fortyfeetunder]

8. It depends...

Whose breast, and who's doing the feeding!

[DemBones DemBones]

11. Why not? You're talking about a human mother

providing human milk to a human child. No animals are killed or harmed, the mother doesn't have to be dosed with antibiotics and drugs to stimulate milk production since she's not being used to produce large quantities of milk for the dairy industry.

I don't think it is at all antithetical to vegetarianism or veganism. What else would a vegetarian/ vegan mother do? Feed soy formula to her baby? She certainly wouldn't want to feed formula based on cow or goat milk.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. My friend staying with says he knows a woman who says "No"

She's vegetarian, and she refused to breast feed her child because she believes that it is wrong, because it isn't vegetarian.

:shrug:

Fucking idiots.

[yewberry]

13. And that woman is not only a cretin

but also a criminal.

[Zuni]

14. so what is the baby supposed to drink?

I thought the baby was supposed to drink mothers milk?

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. She said that soy is the only ethical option

:gofuckinfigure:

[6000eliot]

18. I was allergic to all milk when I was born

including my mother's, so I only drank soy milk. I guess I'm okay for it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. And my friend who was here was allergic to formula,

and he said, "If that woman had been my mom, I would have died, because I *had* to be breastfed".

I wonder how the vegetarian woman who thought breastsfeeding was akin to meat eating would have handled the situation if her children were allergic to formula or soy or other alternatives.

[LeftyMom]

21. Wow, that's really stupid

because Formula derives some of it's vitamins from Lanolin, which isn't vegetarian.

We're mammals. Our babies are meant to drink our milk, any dietary ideal that takes away from that experience needs to be reevaluated and changed.

Mother's milk is veg*n as long as mother's diet is.

[SarahB]

16. Every vegetarian (especially vegan) I ever knew breastfed.

It's time again for my favorite lactivist link:

http://www.promom.org/101/

[Nikia]

17. Yes

Vegetariainism and veganism is based on either health or concern for the affected animals or both. Breastfeeding is most healthy for the baby. The mother, if she is doing it because she chooses, is not being harmed in anyway by breastfeeding.

[WeRQ4U]

20. Let's take this a step further.... Is it OK to "Pump" milk

My wife says that it is painful at times and uncomfortable all the time. She feels akin to a Dairy Animal while doing it, however she feels that a banked supply of her breast milk is a good thing for the child. Which way do the Vegans/Veggies go on this one?

[yewberry]

23. Of course--why wouldn't it be?

Sometimes you must, especially if you have any kind of schedule to maintain.

Just be sure to label them clearly in the refrigerator. :D

[El Fuego]

22. Ick! Just.... ick!

:puke: