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Original poster

to think nicky hambleton jones is irresponsible and ridiculous

147 replies

woahthere · 12/04/2010 22:20

this quote in particular has got my back up....
'Eventually, when he was eight days old and screaming all the time, I gave him formula milk: he was a transformed baby. The best thing I ever did was forget the breast and move on to the bottle.'

The whole article has annoyed me to be honest, it is about her horrible birth but has been written with the angle of...home birth is dangerous and why bother breastfeeding you'll just get cracked nipples. silly cow.

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1265496/Nicky-Hambleton-Jones-shunned-NHS-private-home-birth--thi ngs-went-terribly-wrong-.html#ixzz0kvHmx1a9

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Passay · 12/04/2010 22:21

well its exactly true for me wiht ds2
just because peopel LIKE formula doesnt mean thay are irresponsible

NathanBarley · 12/04/2010 22:23

it's irresponsible to promote it as a great thing though passay. New mothers don't need any more discouragement against trying breastfeeding.

Passay · 12/04/2010 22:24

AHAHAHAHA
but you knwo nothing
i then breastfed ds3
so bollocks
i dont think mothers are as dim as oyu make us out to be

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woahthere · 12/04/2010 22:25

thtas not what im saying passay

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Passay · 12/04/2010 22:25

and for me wiht ds2 and two flip top nipples it was a FANTSTIC thing

Passay · 12/04/2010 22:25

oh bollocks
for some mums its a lifesaver

Original poster
woahthere · 12/04/2010 22:25

weirdo

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JaneS · 12/04/2010 22:26

Well, she sounds a bit dippy about her home birth, and it's sad for her that she found the whole thing so traumatic, but don't lots of mums on here do the same? I can see myself being much worse than that! I mean, it's not a 'nightmare from hell', but childbirth isn't a competition and if she found it tough, she found it tough.

Formula sounds as if it was a perfectly decent choice for her.

cornsilk · 12/04/2010 22:26

she's a weirdo? Ha! It's weird to get so irate about someone elses opinions on birth. There are no medals.

Molesworth · 12/04/2010 22:27

I already thought NHJ was irresponsible and ridiculous without this added evidence, tbh

saslou · 12/04/2010 22:28

It was the right thing to do in her particular situation. She is not telling anyone else what to do and I don't think that a woman who wants to bf will be put off by reading about her experience. She hasn't said anything that is untrue. The fact is that bf is wonderful for lots of women but not everyone

Lulumaam · 12/04/2010 22:29

i think she had a horrible exhausting birth , and a traumatic time and was probably not given enough support for breastfeeding

even if she was, she is entiteld to choose to give formula, that is her choice, she is a tv presenter and under no contract to adhere to any 'ideal standard' of being a mother

if she made her own choice and is happy with that, you are out of order for calling her irresponsible and ridicolous

a bit of empathy for her sticking it out for 5 days after waters breaking, labouring with paracetomal only until admission and then induction and then a section

shame on you for this thread

Lulumaam · 12/04/2010 22:30

she is not telling everyone else to use formula, she had a negative experience, and found formula positive.

that is all

Lulumaam · 12/04/2010 22:31

negative experience of breastfeeding..

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woahthere · 12/04/2010 22:32

i havent got anything against formula. i havent got anything against birth of choice. the irresponsible thing is having an article printed out (entirely to make money im sure not for the greater good) that is so negative and derogatory.
the weirdo remark was about passay who clearly just likes talking about her (or his trolly) nipples.

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BitOfFun · 12/04/2010 22:32

I don't see what there is there to get annoyed about. It's one woman's experience. She is hardly a role-model to thousands of our young people.

mummychicken · 12/04/2010 22:33

Did she not get dumped by the programme 10 years younger - suppose she's got to promote herself somehow and keep herself in the limelight.
If she's happy to advise plastic surgery instead of healthy diet/lifestlye/self esteem - is her opinion really worth getting upset about? It is HER story. I NEVER came across any negativity about bf anddidn't gety cracked nipples!

Lulumaam · 12/04/2010 22:33

i really don't see anything partic . negative or derogatory except about her own experience, which she is entitled to recount and sell as a 'sleb'

Passay · 12/04/2010 22:34

lol my nipples were really fliptop.
i bf1 bottled 2 and bf 3
all super clever, thin and with developed palates [sigh]

bibbitybobbityhat · 12/04/2010 22:34

Don't be ridiculous.

fishie · 12/04/2010 22:35

article is utter bollocks and completely contradictory. it says she starved her baby for a fortnight yet gave formula at 8 days. and that waters broke 5 days before induction but that it was 72 hours before she was induced.

bibbitybobbityhat · 12/04/2010 22:36

What the hell has it got to do with you? Leave her alone. Vipers!

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woahthere · 12/04/2010 22:36

lulumaam, she is not telling everyone to use formula but is this encouraging or helpful thing to put out in print? ....''So many girls at my NCT class have had mastitis and bleeding nipples. I think, "Why do we do this to ourselves?" '??

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Meglet · 12/04/2010 22:36

yabu. I expect her nerves were shot to pieces after a very tough birth.

bibbitybobbityhat · 12/04/2010 22:39

Are we supposed to deny that mastitis and bleeding nipples happens? The NCT is expert at that. Other people have different experiences.