Weird question, but I was wondering. I know that quite a few celebrities have had breast implants, and I guess I always assumed that someone with breast implants wouldn’t be able to breastfeed. Apparently I was wrong. Well, it’s not like I know anyone who’s had them, except my friend’s mother who had reconstructive surgery after breast cancer, and she her kids were in the university age group, not the breastfeeding age group!

I was impressed and surprised that so many celebs breastfeed, and that so many did for a year or even more.

I actually had a friend who could not pump enough and her son never sucked inproperly. We both were going to a breastfeeding clinic for 4 months. She used the SNS system to supplement. I had plenty of milk and gave it to her. Her supply continued to dwindle. The most she ever pumped was 1 oz. Some people really cannot breastfeed.

I found the following:
Ana Gasteyer (from SNL)
Marlee Matlin
Josie Bissett
Vendela

Didn’t Mary Louise Parker breastfeed? She thanked her baby son for making her so voluptuous at last year’s Oscars and he was at least a few weeks old so she wouldn’t have been that thin in the stomach and large in the chest if she wasn’t lactating.

Just one more comment on Bfing. If any of you need support please join the breastfeeding@yahoo.com I am nursing a 12 month old and it has helped me with any problems I have had!

Thank you to all of you for your help in identifying more celebrity moms who have breastfed! You’re much appreciated.
– The dietician in La Crosse

Thanks Danielle. I hope you did not see my comments as out of line. I was just sharing my personal situation, because I was a little frustrated for the very reason you stated we shouldn’t talk about it in that context. Thanks.

Let’s please limit the conversation to WHO breastfeeds, not WHY you should. There are entire messageboards dedicated to that topic.

Refusal to latch happens, but there are mouth exercises that mother can do with the baby, and other ways to teach the baby to latch. Thee are different kinds of LC, and you have to find one that knows what she is talking about. The “LC” in my peds. office told me that at 11 months I could just give my baby cow’s milk because there was no reason for her to bf anymore. Uh, yeah, okay.

Just wanted to add that Cybill Shepherd also breastfed twins–one of the few women I had heard of at the time who even considered that feat!

As far as babies that don’t latch…yeah, it happens sometimes. It has to be rare, though, because those babies never would’ve survived pre-formula. But pumping at 2 weeks post-partum–if you’re pumping effectively–should still produce “enough” to feed your baby. The milk supply grows with the baby. A “full” supply of milk is not achieved, though, until 6-8 weeks after birth.

Even with a short supply of milk, there are ways to supplement your baby’s feedings with formula–even while they are attached to the breast. There are so many options available for successful breastfeeding–but there are definitely women who don’t take care of themselves and shouldn’t be breastfeeding. If Denise Richards wants to have her cocktails, at least she had the sense to wean Sam before hitting the bottle again. (And how ironic that once she weaned, she got pregnant again. Chalk one up for mother nature’s birth control).