Need a good eye roll?

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So my husband's grandmother is in her low to mid 90s and still pretty active. She is very materialistic, very much about her, and very against pump ">breastfeeding around others. Yesterday for mothers day the whole family was at her house for lunch. I currently have a 10 month old I still EBF and I'm 5w5d pregnant with number 2. We decided to tell the family yesterday. Later I went to nurse my LO in another room. As I'm nursing his grandmother comes in (something she never does) to tell me I might want to stop nursing my girl. She proceeds to tell me that her grandmother had a first born son and was pregnant with boy number two, still breastfed and her first son died. The German doctor (she made it very clear it was a German doctor) told her that the first boy died because she was nursing him while pregnant with another boy, had she been pregnant with a girl it would have been fine... She wouldn't leave me alone about it. Kept telling me to call my doctor, stop nursing... Sometimes all you can do is nod and say Yes ma'am...

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It's amaziing some of the crap older generations have been told ......

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I mean I understand your point it’s old tales and all but I think all she is trying to do is lookout for you and your baby. She is clearly very old, and things are not the same as before. However, the way I see it is that anyone that is trying to lookout for me and my babies have pretty much good intentions to begin with.

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I’m would started dying laughing no lie bc I have no filter. It’s probably a good thing we Dnt have family around us his old!

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Obviously there is no risk to your oldest, that is ridiculous, but if you have any history of miscarriage of preterm labor at all, I would consider the possibility that breastfeeding could stimulate early contractions and lead to miscarriage. I know plenty of women have breastfed successfully during pregnancy, but it is a risk in some pregnancies to be aware of.

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Its amazing what people 150 years ago thought/believed! Modern medicine sure has come a long way. 😒
Bless your heart for being able to keep a straight face and just nod and smile 😂 Imagine her surprise if you give birth to the same gender and your firstborn is just fine!