POSITIVE breastfeeding article in today's Independent

[Tinker]

Hooray! for Johann Hari

I know it's been linked to already elsewhere but thought it needed more publicity

[Habbibu]

Good article, but can you imagine his graduation day: "Today, whenever I have a success, she clutches her breasts and exclaims: "It's thanks to these!"

[HeadFairy]

I saw this, I was very cheered reading it. It made me think about ds in 20 or so years time accrediting his phd to me !

[constancereader]

That was great
It really makes a change to read something like this.

[theSuburbanDryad]

It is a good article but I can't help but feel he's preaching to the converted! It's in the wrong paper, that's the trouble. now, if i read an article like that - appropriately worded and dumbed down, natch - in the News of the Screws, or the Daily Diana, then i'd feel like we were getting somewhere

[harpsichordcarrier]

yeeeeeeeeeeees
how good to read

[constancereader]

Or the Times theSuburbanDryad - there is a really anti bf paper.

[theSuburbanDryad]

I find the Times resolutely misogynistic tbh, which is one of the reasons i stopped buying it!

Now then - who wants to spot my comment?

[bluewolf]

what a brilliant and cool article. It has come to me at exactly the right time as I have a 9mth old who I am still bfing but have started to feel really really awkward doing it in public (and awkward and angry when she bites me but thats another story). I know a lot of mns think the loger the better but I was sort of thinking until 1 yr would be good. Am I cutting down the amount of A grade gcses even as I consider such a thing???!!!

[Turniphead1]

Really good article. But I would dispute the claim that most mothers give up breastfeeding due to having to go back to work. Whatever your political views are there is no doubt that we have better maternity provisions than ever before and way better than say, the US (obviously not good enough - a Scandanavian system would be far far better). But I personally don't know anyone who has gone back before 6 months (and that's in a wide and varied circle) and one of the major points about our low b/fing rates is that the majority don't get any where near to b/fing for 6 months.

A couple of my friends are just about to give up b/fing at around the 8 month mark in order to go on a girls weekend away. yay to them imho, although probably a lynching offence in some quarters...

[ChirpyGirl]

great article, but I agree that it is preaching to the choir somewhat!

[HeadFairy]

but you don't have to give up bfing if you're back at work, I'm still managing it.

[Bumperlicious]

You surely don't even have to give up for the sake of a girly weekend either? Couple of pumps a day where possible should see you though.

[whomovedmychocolate]

I read this and had a quiet cheer at lunchtime. Then printed it out and took it with me to the GPs so they could put it up on the noticeboard - preferably over the Cow and Gate adverts