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channel 4 breastfeeding programme

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lazycow · 23/01/2006 14:20

Just thought people might be interested if you don't already know.

Channel 4 on Weds 1 Feb. A programme called Extraordinary Breastfeeding is on. The write up in the magazine I'm looking at says:

"You'll be texting your friends about this as soon as it starts. It's about the phenomenon of mothers who breastfeed their kiddies well beyond the age considered 'normal' in this country. Seeing a feisty mum breastfeed her two-year-old twin isn't that disturbing, but the sequence of another lady suckling her 7 year old dughter isn't one we will forget in a hurry. "

I'm looking forward to seeing the tone it takes.

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nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:34

The Night Shift Norks Club

tamum · 01/02/2006 14:36

nanneh, I would think your best bet was to find someone who'd been exposed to loads of hideous infections without succumbing Seriously, I can't think of any real reason why milk from a relative would be better, much as I like to attribute everything to genetics!

That's interesting bundy....

harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 14:36

bloody hell ladies
that's actually NOT a bad idea....
(HC muses on applying for grants for her OverNorks Franchise...)

nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:37

fastasleep - I think my 19 month old would have a go at your norks, but what with all your problems with mastitis and the pain do you want a toddler standing on his head while he feeds ? ooooouuuuchchchch

nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:39

harpsi - McNorks Franchise

harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 14:39

milkshake to go!
(you do realise we are confirming all those prejudices that we are LOOOOONS, btw??)

expatinscotland · 01/02/2006 14:40

Tonight's the night, ladies .

I'll be watchin' for sure. Isn't it also 'The Man Who Lost His Penis' as well?

nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:40

yeh we are, but it's fun !

hunkermunker · 01/02/2006 14:42

Yes, FA, very probably.

Nanneh - like it! LOL!

nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:42

No, it's:

"The woman who lost her boobs because she breastfed for too many years" TONIGHT at 9 pm !

hunkermunker · 01/02/2006 14:43

HC, I think our loon status has been evident for some time

harpsichordcarrier · 01/02/2006 14:43

you think??

fastasleep · 01/02/2006 14:44

Nanneh I would gladly let you little monster stand on my head, just to know what proper breastfeeding felt like!

I might put myself up in 'for sale' when I'm infection free lol

hunkermunker · 01/02/2006 14:46

Well, yours has. I hide mine under my big flappy norks

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lazycow · 01/02/2006 14:47

As the person who started this thread, all I can say is I hope the programme isn't a crashing disappointment, though somehow I doubt it. Still it has been an entertaining thread in the meantime.

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fastasleep · 01/02/2006 14:47

I hide lots of thing under my big flappy norks... an array of crumbs from the last six months worth of meals, occasionally some playdoh, ooh a sultana....

ok no one going to want me to be their night norker now are they!

hunkermunker · 01/02/2006 14:48

FA, sounds like a treasure chest (sorry, couldn't resist ).

nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:49

fastasleep - like I say I think you are doing a fantastic job...most women in your situation might have given up by now.

Keep it up as long as you can...and hey having your nipples chewed and then bitten by a toothy toddler ain't all that great !

fastasleep · 01/02/2006 14:49

! This thread has turned around and become fabulous

tiktok · 01/02/2006 14:50

fastasleep, breastmilk differs hardly at all with mother's diet - it does pick up flavours, and some people swear if they eat something their baby reacts, but quality remains the same.

In the UK, human milk is 'clean' and donors are screened. Antibodies may be affected by the pateurisation process. Not sure about that....antibodies are made dynamically by the mother in response to what she encounters in her environment. There would be no harm in having another mother's antibodies, though.

There's nothing really genetic in breastmilk, not like blood, where stuff like Rhesus factors and so on is indeed genetically determined. So I don't see how a close rello's milk is gonna be better than harpsi's : )

nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:52

HM - lol

I also loved the "Popular Front" phrase someone on this thread came up with !

FairyMum · 01/02/2006 14:55

I thought you passed on your particular immunity to your baby? For example, if you have had chicken pox you will pass on your immunity to your baby as long as you bf?

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lazycow · 01/02/2006 14:55

oh and as for someone else breastfeeding my child. I really don't think I'd have a problem with it.

In fact in the early months I fantasised about getting together with another breastfeeding mother and alternating feeds for both babies or alternating nights. Breast milk is breast milk as far as I'm concerned and it's all better than formula (though I did use that very occasionally too - ds just didn't like it). I never really had the 'what a lovely bond' thing in the early days so it wouldn't have been a problem for me.

Yes yes I know - maintaining milk supply blah blah but I can't believe that a couple of nights a week of better sleep (maybe pumping once) would have really affected it - especially if alternate nights you were feeding two. Never had the guts to suggest it as I knew what most people's response would be. But then I suppose I am pretty bonkers and a sleep fiend

Come to think of it - what a weird fantasy - I can only claim severe sleep deprevation in mitigation

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nanneh · 01/02/2006 14:56

thanks tiktok - that's really useful info.

fastasleep · 01/02/2006 14:57

I think it's some immunity, so yes for the perfect donor you would want a woman who'd had loads of nasty things, and then got over them as she would have lots of lovely immunity to pass to the baby, sounds minging but I think it's true! Tiktok will correct me if it's not

I am that woman! Just as soon as I get over this current infection, you can buy my super immune milk for only £10 a ml in the February sales...

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