Denise Van Outen Pisses Me Off!

[MsKalo]

Sorry but DVO really annoys me with her bleating and excuses for not breastfeeding - rather than just say it is not for her she bleats and bleats and makes excuses for giving up on bf and I am sick of hearing her go on and on. BF is hard and it takes perseverance and time to establish both supply and technique - she did not give it long enough and completely choose to ignore the health benefits of bf and now keeps bleating on.

I know some people will be outraged by how I feel and I do know there are ladies who have genuine problems with bf and can't carry on. but I 'do' feel that women like DVO who, lets face it, gave up on bf and didn't give it long enough, really take away from women who really persevere through all the problems that bf can bring.

And don't get me started on the fact she left poor baby and went on that trek...baby needs mummy at such a young age not for mummy to go off and leave her. I really don't think much of her anymore!

ok, this is 'MY' opinion and everyone is entitled to their own!

She had the opportunity to say nothing.

And that's what she should have done.

Instead she self publisised. BF then not Bf due to XyZ.

Just another celebrity keeping themselves in the papers.

stop saying bleating

I couldnt give a flying fuck one way or another

Maybe she 'whines on' about it as she feels that has to justify why she hasn't continued. People have no right to make you feel bad for any choices you make regarding the feeding of your child.

I think it's awful that she's judged for giving up - and I think it's outrageous that she was sent a letter by the NHS.

I BF, but respect her choice to feed her baby her way.

Another smug BF post disguised as celebrity bashing?

what a smugtastic Op

YABU. I'd imagine she's "bleating on" because of the way breastfeeding is treated as the be all and end all and should anyone decide it's "not for them" or of course has medical difficulties they are scorned by people exactly like you.

I've just had a friend email me to ask if I'm breastfeeding. I'm not. I'll probably find myself "bleating on" a bunch of excuses to try and dissipate her perceived superiority... pointless exercise of course.

If I'd had a letter of admonishment after I had had to give up (poorly baby, tube fed, we never got a latch going and cracked nipple put the tiun hat on it for me) that would have tipped me over the edge totally

I feel very sorry for DVO

Jeez, just leave DVO alone

I have been pondering the 'looking down on ff-ers' attitudes a little recently. I wonder if nowadays there's a kind of martyrdom associated with being the mother of a newborn and people that did go through weeks and weeks of sh*t to bf have funny emotions about people that they think didn't spend the first few months of their newborns life like that.
Just a thought... Otherwise I cannot explain why people like OP are so interested in DVO, myself and other ff-ers who had a go at bf and then decided for various reasons their family unit would be happier with formula.

OP are you a perfect parent? Do you ever make decisions that other people might disagree with? Do you think all parents should parent as you do? I personally find the "aren't I the perfect self sacrificing never do anything other than right and perfect" type of parent far far more irritating than any bleating celeb.

'I 'do' feel that women like DVO who, lets face it, gave up on bf and didn't give it long enough, really take away from women who really persevere through all the problems that bf can bring.'

Have a word with yourself OP. So everyone who stops bfing early is taking away from those who carry on? FFS.

And fyi, I bf my DD for a year and it was very hard for a while (constant feeding, 1 hr feeds, mastitis etc), but I perservered, and I was a bit judgy pants about those who just 'gave up'. Then I had DS, got mastitis many MANY times, he refused to feed, dropped from the top to the bottom of the centiles, and generally worried me sick. I wasn't so judgey pants then!

OP you are not the boss of everyone's life decisions, you have no idea of people's personal circumstances, and it effects you in no way at all. So YADef BU.

MsKalo

From my rough estimate, your post about DVO took up about as much real estate as her "bleatings". So this isn't really about her at all - it's about how you feel about breastfeeding. We all have an opinion on breastfeeding. How much less complicated if we just let everyone get on with it.

YABU.

THis has already been done. How tedious.

baaaaaaaaaaa!

Who the fuck gave the OP the right to decide how long was 'long enough'.

How petty and small minded. Freak.

nancy66 ; My sentiments exactly.

I don't like Denise Van Outen but dear god leave the poor woman alone OP! Why does it matter to you or anyone else how she chooses to feed her baby? Get a life already instead of being judgey of other peoples'.

It actually makes me feel sick how some woman pick eachother apart over this shit. Along as the baby is happy and healthy that is all that matters.

I tell you what I resent about DVO. It's not the bf or not thing. It's her getting the totally hot but also rather sweet and innocent Lee Mead for a husband. This makes me so jealous I am prepared to criticise any future decision she might make. So for that reason - YANBU!

No opinion on her FF as I couldn't care less how people choose to feed their babies. But that article is very ego ego isn't it? I've slimmed down, I have really tight tummy muscles so was up and about 3 hours after CS, blah blah self obsession!

she is just an schelb she isnt a role model nor does she need to justify her individual decisions to anyone.

what a lot of ire and bile Kalo.dvo isnt accountable to you and i dont think her baby is deprived.the fact that there are judgemental humphy folk opining about dvo every move is more tiresome than anything she has ever done

It should be her business, but she keeps publicizing it, I don't really care how she feeds her kid, but I wish the magazines would stop paying her to whine about it.

shes a celeb they show up at opening an envelope and titter on inanely about everything