Breast Feeding Ultra Runner

If you read the article she had to go almost 16 hours without getting to feed her son. Nursing every three hours is pretty common and she/women have to nurse this often when baby is young...when you aren't able to nurse or pump it can be quite painful and can lead to some significant health risks (which is why some states now have laws permitting women to pump at work). If you need more specifics read up on mastitis.

Pics????? wrote:

We need more pics to make a better assessment.

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Pics?

Yes he probably does feed from a bottle but some kids have an easier time nursing from mom, plus like I said earlier it helps mom with her supply and baby with being able to have contact with mom and maintain latch. Ok I'm done with you fart heads....

Shes breaking stereotypes! She is BRAVE, STRONG. She is WOMAN!

#bignips4littlelips

Yes he probably does feed from a bottle but some babies have an easier time nursing from mom, plus like I said earlier it helps mom with her supply and baby with being able to have contact with mom and maintain latch. Ok I'm done with you fart heads....

b88b13s wrote:

She's expressing milk at the same time as you can clearly see in the picture.

I know that.

Then why not express enough milk before the race to not have to breast feed during the race and treck the baby all over the country.

Perhaps the baby will miss the comfort of its mother but it's not getting much in 5 minutes.[/quote]

Hahahahahahahahaha

This reminds of all the times my husband tries to tell me how/when to pump/feed my little one. Perhaps with a bit more education you might realize how absurd your suggestions is. I have no idea how old her child is (I didn't read any of the text), but for the first 6 months a baby has to bed fed every 3-4 hours . If mom doesn't feed/pump every 3-4 hours, not only will she become uncomfortable, her body will stop producing milk.[/quote]

Body will stop producing milk after 3-4 hours complete nonsense. Do s woman dolels through one night and can never breast feed after. Nonsense my wife breast fed and often our baby would sleep right through the night.

As for feeling uncomfortable she could easily then just express using the pump.

Back to comforting the baby. Well our baby would never be comforted after 5 mins. They can. Latch on for hours. It's also true they sleep better in cars. But again it's not recommended to have a baby sleep too long in a baby car seat. I remember reading a few hours max as seats are not flat. All recommended baby buggies upto 6 months have lie flat feature s baby car seat dies not have.

So if the father came out once or twice in car it's ok for these feeding sessions it's ok. If they followed the 2 sat race in the car with the baby it is not ok.

My son is approaching 4.

There was a sexust assumption that I'm a man on here because I coach.

Second it's sexist to deem as some have that as a man I know nothing about the subject.

Breast feeding in public is ok. This just strikes me as self publicity from someone who has made a career out of ultra running off unless someone can post me her ultra race wins/times little actual ability at it.

Zee wrote:

If you read the article she had to go almost 16 hours without getting to feed her son. Nursing every three hours is pretty common and she/women have to nurse this often when baby is young...when you aren't able to nurse or pump it can be quite painful and can lead to some significant health risks (which is why some states now have laws permitting women to pump at work). If you need more specifics read up on mastitis.

She didn’t HAVE to run in this race or any other recreational running event...it’s her hobby. Its just an attention grab. If it was job-related that’s another story. I’m not risking my child’s health or my own health in order to pursue a personal hobby.

Jamin approved

Why doesn’t she just wait til the kid is older wrote:

She didn’t HAVE to run in this race or any other recreational running event...it’s her hobby. Its just an attention grab. If it was job-related that’s another story. I’m not risking my child’s health or my own health in order to pursue a personal hobby.

This.

If you do a Boolean search with her name and ‘ultra’ for keywords but excluding any iteration of ‘breastfeeding’ or ‘pregnancy’, you get nothing but her social media account hits. If you search just her name and ‘ultra’ you get the media frenzy from the photograph. Mission accomplished, I guess.

I can remember running at least three races while breastfeeding my first. In particular, I remember a 12K. Here's the problem. A young baby needs to be fed every TWO hours. That means two hours from start to start. So if it takes 20 minutes to feed, 30 minutes including getting set up, that means you have a grand total of 90 minutes in which to do other things. So let's say the race is 30 minutes away. There's no way it's happening unless you bring the baby with you. And when you're trying to warm up for a race ,probably still struggling to get back in shape after pregnancy, breastfeeding is a pain. Also, sports bras are not compatible with breastfeeding. So I was BFing in the car, topless, with the sunscreen up, hoping no one would look, watching the clock trying to get ready for my race.

For a baby past 7 months or so who's on solids, it's a lot easier, but my skinny future-runner children were still nursing every 3 hours until age 1, so anything longer than a neighborhood 5K meant logistics that were a PITA.

Unlike this ultrarunner, I very rarely BF in public - only when it was absolutely unavoidable - but I can totally see how the logistics of an ultra would make in necessary to move past your modesty.

And again, I wish men would mind their own business on this topic.

breastfeeding expert wrote:

And again, I wish men would mind their own business on this topic.

FFS, just Unbelievable.

breastfeeding expert wrote:

Unlike this ultrarunner, I very rarely BF in public - only when it was absolutely unavoidable - but I can totally see how the logistics of an ultra would make in necessary to move past your modesty.

And again, I wish men would mind their own business on this topic.

Sophie Power’s pregnancy and subsequent breastfeeding had been planned (she gave an interview to that effect). The photo op was also clearly not just a happy accident.

If I were sticking to a rigorous breastfeeding schedule for the good of my 3-month-old, I’d have put off an ultra freaking run off till a more suitable time. Instead, the doting mother drags said 3-month-old from the UK to the UTMB. Again, from the UK - the country that has government mandated 52 weeks of maternity leave.

This isn’t about modesty or lack thereof. It’s about a blatant attention grab using your 3-mth-old baby as click bait, then turning it into a feminist issue.

It bothers me as a runner who would prefer runners faster than I made headline the old fashioned way - being good. It also bothers me as a woman who wishes other women sought publicity for merit, not cheap controversy.

The sexism of this thread absolutely sickens me - 30+ posts in and not one person has mentioned the most disgusting thing about that picture:-

THE GUY TO THE LEFT!! He is supposed an ultra-runner in an ultra "race" yet there he is with his feet right up having a nap! The guy is literally SNOOZING in the middle of a "race"!

You don't need to even start on the breastfeeder before questioning whether these types of events are just attention grabs...

Ridiculous comment. How about women who have never breast fed? Are you going to shut them up too?

Every 2 hours is nonsense. It's 3 the reality is they like to latch on for a long time. A 10 minutes stop is not satisfying the baby.

Was the baby breast fed every 2 hours during this 2 day ultra!

Wow....if you are female than wow you're pretty judgmental there Judy. I have no quarrels with a mom caring for her child at the same time doing a hobby she enjoys, that she loves, that gets her out of the house. I personally struggled postpartum to get back to running form just because my strength needed to improve greatly but she's obviously bounced back well so no judgment here. The bottom line dogs nurse there pups, cats their kittens, horses etc etc. and we don't bat an eyelash...on the contrary. So why the heck are people so uncomfortable with mammals like a human nursing their offspring? I have my own comfort zone but I'm not going to judge someone else caring for a child...sorry there's to many other messed up things some parents may say and do to their kids that actually warrants some criticism.

There's no sexism, it's just jamin lurking the action while pretending to have a nap.

Sneaky boy!

Wouldn't it be easier to just carry a bottle?

Also, I didn't think milk was an ideal sports drink.

Bio Dome wrote:

Wouldn't it be easier to just carry a bottle?

Also, I didn't think milk was an ideal sports drink.

They claim chocolate milk is a good recovery drink. What about human milk as opposed to cow milk. Wouldn't that be healthier and more natural? Therefore be better? Where can I get some human breast milk?

Ezekiel bread wrote:

Bio Dome wrote:

Wouldn't it be easier to just carry a bottle?

Also, I didn't think milk was an ideal sports drink.

They claim chocolate milk is a good recovery drink. What about human milk as opposed to cow milk. Wouldn't that be healthier and more natural? Therefore be better? Where can I get some human breast milk?

Cow milk:

Nutrition Facts

Milk, whole, 3.25% fat

Amount Per 1 cup (244 g)

Calories 148

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8 g 12%

Saturated fat 4.6 g 22%

Polyunsaturated fat 0.5 g

Monounsaturated fat 2 g

Cholesterol 24 mg 8%

Sodium 105 mg 4%

Potassium 322 mg 9%

Total Carbohydrate 12 g 4%

Dietary fiber 0 g 0%

Sugar 12 g

Protein 8 g 16%

Vitamin A 7% Vitamin C 0%

Calcium 27% Iron 0%

Vitamin D 31% Vitamin B-6 5%

Vitamin B-12 18% Magnesium 6%

Human Milk:

Nutrition Facts

Breast milk

Amount Per 1 cup (246 g)

Calories 171

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 11 g 16%

Saturated fat 4.9 g 24%

Polyunsaturated fat 1.2 g

Monounsaturated fat 4.1 g

Cholesterol 34 mg 11%

Sodium 42 mg 1%

Potassium 125 mg 3%

Total Carbohydrate 17 g 5%

Dietary fiber 0 g 0%

Sugar 17 g

Protein 2.5 g 5%

Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 20%

Calcium 7% Iron 0%

Vitamin D 1% Vitamin B-6 0%

Vitamin B-12 1% Magnesium 1%

In case you want to buy some human breast milk to see if it works better than cow milk as a recovery drink you can buy it on the internet.