tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post863875062902974959..comments2013-04-28T12:47:01.094-07:00Comments on Loquacious Lactator: loquaciouslactatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15642383263914156851noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-55076662774617397162013-02-10T04:01:24.660-08:002013-02-10T04:01:24.660-08:00That's fab. Sounds like you've done brilli...That's fab. Sounds like you've done brilliantly. When I say 'on prescription' I mean issued only by a health care professional well-trained in the physiology of breastfeeding (which many GPs sadly aren't) and accompanied by ongoing support. loquaciouslactatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642383263914156851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-80705921266082998902013-02-10T03:10:03.770-08:002013-02-10T03:10:03.770-08:00I might have been more incline to bottle feed if I...I might have been more incline to bottle feed if I had on prescription. I tried to bf for 6 months with top up formula, expressing, fenugreek, domperidom ect and only managed to fully bf when I started weening. He is 2 and i'm still breast feeding!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542618563932647660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-19625266426844862772013-02-10T02:57:04.374-08:002013-02-10T02:57:04.374-08:00I don't see anything in this article that crit...I don't see anything in this article that criticises women who make an informed choice not to breastfeed based on their individual circumstances. <br />This article is about cultural pressures that take away women's opportunity to make an informed choice for themselves. As someone who clearly understands the disappointment of not being able to breastfeed when planned, surely you can see that it is not right that women who may have wished to breastfeed, have that opportunity taken away from them by misinformation and lack of support?Kash Salemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567296785736411305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-19242915871725625882013-02-09T14:57:14.282-08:002013-02-09T14:57:14.282-08:00Bloody hell, do you not realise that the world is ...Bloody hell, do you not realise that the world is full of women who want desperately to breast feed but CAN'T? They're on harmful medication, they don't produce enough milk, their baby finds it impossible to latch on properly. People like you make me sick. You're patronising, insensitive and think you and your breastfeeding are the centre of the world. Just back off for christ's sake. Live and let live. Breastfeed and mind your own business.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827571523489470071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-54221437629048902582013-02-09T07:01:18.765-08:002013-02-09T07:01:18.765-08:00Wow! What brilliant idea's londonwithatoddler ...Wow! What brilliant idea's londonwithatoddler and loquaciouslactator! I have always looked at the negative stigma of breastfeeding as something that is so ingrained in British society and that involves so many other areas (unobtainable female bodies, sexualised breasts, dare I say it, the porn industry, advertising of formula, bottles, medical staff that aren't educated in breastfeeding) that it would never be changed no matter how many people fought for it. I was a young mum of 20 when I had my daughter and I had felt a great pressure from my own mother to breast feed her when she arrived. I was not anti-breastfeeding, I loved the idea of feeding my baby myself but the idea of getting my boob out in public made me feel a little bit sick. Essentially I had only just got these breasts and got used to them myself and yet now I was having to show them to the world in order to feed my beautiful baby. These are clearly my early experiences of feeding in public and over the months I got used to feeding my baba out and about and ended up enjoying it and being sad when it ended. But my point is, I am sure I am not the only one to feel like this regardless of age or status. Imagine how welcoming it would be to sit down in a cafe to feed your baby and, whilst your other half or friend was up ordering, one of the staff came up to you and gave you a glass of water and let you choose a piece of cake for free just because you were breastfeeding! I would tell all my friends about it! And not stigmatising co-sleeping! That would have rid me of a lot of early parenthood guilt if it wasn't regarded as trying to kill your baby! Any way! I'm off on a ramble! But great idea's, I just wish the health professionals and powers that be would read them and take note!breastfeedingmummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05253972736625642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-58890267517830929902013-02-09T05:13:13.112-08:002013-02-09T05:13:13.112-08:00Ha! I think you're entirely right londonwithat...Ha! I think you're entirely right londonwithatoddler. I think the process needs to be ubiquitous, starting way before women get pregnant. It might be contentious, but if formula sales were banned (and replaced with free prescriptions of formula for mother/baby's who genuinely can't nurse) then we could concentrate on supporting breastfeeding free from the influence of formula advertising/culture. People who were seen to be formula feeding needn't be met with prejudice under that system because everyone would know that there was a genuine problem. Perhaps wet nursing would even come back into fashion!loquaciouslactatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642383263914156851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-16133197189521632312013-02-09T03:10:54.680-08:002013-02-09T03:10:54.680-08:00OK, now I've had some chocolate cake I can thi...OK, now I've had some chocolate cake I can think about this more rationally...normalising breastfeeding is definitely the thing that is wrong in the UK (vs Scandinavia, for example) but also the thing that is hardest to change. How to do it? Encourage cafes to have big sofas reserved for breastfeeding mothers? Free cake for bfeeding mothers? (yup, my mind is still on cake)...it's a slow process, but a girl can dream. Making sure new mothers in hospital get a decent night's sleep after birth would be a good start..maybe by letting their partners stay with them? And hope about more education on safe co-sleeping? How many mothers give up bfeeding causer they're just too exhausted? You've made me think...thanks! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905424099957215230.post-87396633781824859432013-02-09T03:02:27.415-08:002013-02-09T03:02:27.415-08:00I've read the post and I agree with it, but al...I've read the post and I agree with it, but all I can think about is how much I want chocolate cake ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com