Informed Consent for Infant formula.?
This product has been know to cause: death, thrush, obesity, diabetes, necrotizing enterocolitis, ear infections, pneumococcal disease, respiratory infections, salmonellas, sepsis in preterm infants, urinary tract infections, anemia and iron deficiency, autoimmune thyroid disease, constipation and anal fissures, esophageal and gastrid lesions, gastroesophogeal reflux, inguinal hernia, pyloric stenosis, SIDS, wheezing, allergies, eczema, lower IQ, lower visual acuity, delayed speech and language development, appendicitis, lower bone mass, cancer, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, celiac disease, diabetes mellitus, meningitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, obesity, schizophrenia and tonsillitis. We cannot guarantee, however that you will receive any benefits from this study.
Do you think this should be required information for all families?
For those of you that have jumped on the negative bandwagon, all of this information has been well documented in medical journals. I did both with my twins, breast and bottle.
On alcohol they have warnings because it is a dangerous substance, so is formula. It is undeniable that it kills 1.5 million children per year. WIC in many states is having people sign an informed consent with this information. I am just seeing what others think.
If you don’t agree with facts you don’t have to be rude.
^ Lucas A, Cole TJ (1990). "Breast milk and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis". Lancet 336 (8730): 1519–23. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(90)93304-8. PMID 1979363.
^ Duncan B, Ey J, Holberg CJ, Wright AL, Martinez FD, Taussig LM (1993). "Exclusive breast-feeding for at least 4 months protects against otitis media". Pediatrics 91 (5): 867–72. PMID 8474804.
^ Levine OS, Farley M, Harrison LH, Lefkowitz L, McGeer A, Schwartz B (1999). "Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease in children: a population-based case-control study in North America". Pediatrics 103 (3): E28. doi:10.1542/peds.103.3.e28. PMID 10049984.
^ Bachrach VR, Schwarz E, Bachrach LR (2003). "Breastfeeding and the risk of hospitalization for respiratory disease in infancy: a meta-analysis". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157 (3): 237–43. PMID 12622672.
^ Holberg CJ, Wright AL, Martinez FD, Ray CG, Taussig LM, Lebowitz MD (1991). "Risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory illnesses in the
If you want a specific journal article I can send a link… For the lady that wanted info on appendicitis, here is the link http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/310/6983/836
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I think informed consent for use of infant formula is a good idea. I don’t think the information you’ve posted in your question is defensible, however.
What the hell is this?
Hey troll thanks for joining just yesterday….
I’m confused…. what product? Baby formula? It is also important to note that all of these conditions are possible with breastfed babies too. I know because I was breastfed and I have/had a number of these conditions.
It is people like you who make mothers who are incapable of producing milk or mothers of premature children feel like bad parents. There are women in the world who would do anything to breastfeed their child but cannot due to circumstances out of their control. Your narrow mindedness makes me absolutely sick to my stomach and I hope that no one who reads this feels badly, as that was obviously your intent.
Appendicitis? Link please to research linking formula with appendicitis?
Do you think breastfeeding activists should be able to scaremonger formula feeding parents?
If the answer is yes, then sure.
Absolutely, and of course many more than you have suggested. AND it needs a big ol’ black box just like cigarettes (I live in Canada no sure what other countries have this is what I am talking about: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cdc.gov/PCD/issues/2007/apr/images/06_0024.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cdc.gov/PCD/issues/2007/apr/06_0024.htm&h=1151&w=443&sz=84&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=C19IM9F3AkyRVM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=58&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcanadian%2Bcigarette%2Bpackage%2Bwarnings%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX
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However my biggest issue is with hospitals handing out formula products (coupons, gift bags, etc). Seriously you don’t see McDonald’s getting the hospitals to push their product. You don’t even see hospitals pushing vitamins, gyms, cars, carseats, safety products, stop smoking aids, etc.
My other problem is that most parents are unaware that POWDERED infant formula is not a sterile product and should basically not be used. And if you are going to use it you have to follow very strict handling procedures.
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/micro/pif2007/en/
please peddle your propaganda elsewhere…the mothers on this board, whether BF or formula feeding don’t need you shoving this down their throats…you aren’t helping anyone.
If you can’t breastfeed I recommend home-made formula. There are a lot of recipes for home-made formula that are considered safe.
No because none of those are true. You can’t pin ear infections and other situations exclusively on formula at all. That is the most UNINFORMED and ignorant statement I’ve ever heard or read.
My son was a formula baby and he NEVER had any of those things. He’s a healthy happy toddler now on solid table food alone and he does great. He still does NOT have any of those things.
Besides that arthritis, diabetes, blood pressure, autism and many others are INHERITED not something you catch like a cold. SIDS is not caused by food either. It’s caused by suffocation or inability to be properly breathing in one’s sleep. Not all kids are prone to it, they have done studies to prove that SIDS babies usually have a family history of SIDS all ready.
So should it be mandatory NO. It isn’t true and people that believe this are idiots that have been brainwashed. There is also no proof that every kid that is breastfed won’t develop these problems as a result. I’ve known just as many kids who were breast fed that have asthma and respiratory problems, constipated continually, won’t eat later on when they start solids and other problems. Things my formula fed son NEVER dealt with. You can’t generalize and say if you feed this or that your kid will have this or that because of the later. That’s like saying all kids born with red hair will be killers when they grow up or kids with blonde hair are all stupid and ditzy and brunettes will have all the brains and success. There is NO PROOF to back those claims up and no proof to back up this nonsense about formula either. Stop researching on the internet through formula hate groups and use some solid proof. You sound like an idiot touting this as fact when it’s not. It’s a broad generalization that maybe .05% of children perhaps who may have had one of those happen that coincidentally may have been fed formula. It does NOT mean every kid that has ever been fed formula is a deformed unhealthy kid. Give me a break.
Yes, all of the things you listed are true but most people already know all of those things (even the ones who choose formula). I suppose it’s the same as warnings on cigarettes.
I think that it’s much more important to tell people the benefits of breastfeeding and to stress that FORMULA IS NOT THE SAME AS BREASTMILK. There needs to be more support for breastfeeding women and less interference by formula companies.
I do know that there are countries in Europe where formula is a prescription item (though I don’t imagine the labels read like your question) and they have breasfeeding rates that are 8 to 9 times higher than the US’s. I imagine that the correlation has more to do with support for breastfeeding than opposition to formula use, though.
What the heck is this?
I believe breastfeeding is so wonderful and I am so glad to be able to bond with and nourish my baby in this way, but to fearmonger like this just to make people feel bad who can’t breastfeed is dickheadish.
And FYI, my mom formula fed my older sister and breastfed me. I have ulcerative colitis, got sick ALL the time every flu/cold season that would last weeks and weeks as a kid, and have hypothyroidism. My sister had/has none of these problems and was always the most physically fit. She even taught aerobics through college. She graduated top of her class and has a Master’s degree. Boy, that formula really messed her up, huh? I did great, but was the kid with the health issues in our family, and I was BF for 18 months. I certainly don’t think it’s because of my mom’s breastmilk. It’s just shitty luck.
Is breast best? I believe so. But that doesn’t mean you should be writing a bunch of stupid crap to scare the shit out of people using formula just because you don’t agree with them. Just leave people the hell alone and go troll somewhere else.
Addendum:
For powdered infant formulas, yes I believe there should be a clear notice that it is not sterile and can contain bacteria and steps to take to prepare it safely. Or perhaps only offer concentrated liquid that has been pasteurized and stop jacking up the price on that kind. But to say that all infant formula across the board is going to basically kill your baby is f’d up.
Bullshit. I agree that breastmilk is best, but some Mother’s cant produce any, like those who have premature babies. Thanks for making them feel guilty for something that isn’t their fault. Jerk.
I was a formula fed infant due to my mother acquiring a serious bacterial infection after her c-section (I was a breech baby). I have a VERY high IQ, hold multiple degrees in the life sciences, work in research, and am extremely healthy.
Peddle your gunk-science elsewhere. This forum is to help parents, not to mis-inform or to scare.
stop judging you don’t walk in anybodies shoes. people like you just need to keep there mouth shuts. for one not all people can breastfeed and it’s not nice to post stuff like that to freak people out i have to say that you are very wrong.
So what you’re saying is that if my son (who was breastfed for 8 months and has now been on formula for a month) develops ANY of these things, I can use formula as a scapegoat? If you believe all this garbage then DON’T USE IT. No one is forcing you. By the way, he also has a better chance of developing juvenile diabetes through my family’s genes as opposed to formula.