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Breastfeeding mums get their ironing done for them?!

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mcmudda · 26/04/2006 22:43

A friend just told me that her friend in Wishaw (Lanarkshire) is getting her ironing done for her by the council as she is a breastfeeding mum! Apparently breastfeeding rates are so low and health stats in this area are appalling that the council are takin drastic measures!

Couldn't find any info online, but it sounds fantastic!

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emkana · 26/04/2006 22:44

I think I'll move!

HunKeRMunKeR · 26/04/2006 22:44

Actually, that's probably a touch drastic, since I don't actually do any ironing - but blimey! How fab!

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mcmudda · 26/04/2006 22:44

Ironing only done for the first 12 weeks though.

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Lact8 · 26/04/2006 22:46

I'd love this to be true! My ironing pile is just depressing. Can you imagine though,

so you choose to bfeed for the health benefits then?

No way, to get me iroming done! Smile

ja9 · 26/04/2006 22:47
Shock

how fab!

FrayedKnot · 26/04/2006 22:47

Do you think you can exchange ironing credits for making toast & cups of coffee on demand, and someone to pass you your book when you forgot to get it and have just elaborately arranged your dc on feeding cushion and they are noshing away?

suzi2 · 26/04/2006 22:49

My MIL does mine for me...Smile

How fab is that? You could sneak all your friends ironing in the pile and charge them for ironing Grin

NotAnOtter · 26/04/2006 22:50

Please!

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mcmudda · 26/04/2006 22:52

But only 17% of mums who started b/f are still b/f after 6 weeks.

12 weeks of ironing might get halfway through my current ironing pile. Maybe the incentives increase the longer you b/f for? B/f exclusively for 6 months and you get a manicure and a personal shopper too?

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suzi2 · 26/04/2006 22:52

On a serious note though... do you think there should be incentives to breastfeed?

Personally, if anything, I'd like to see 'training' on expressing and free pumps. I know a few people that if they were confident pumping (or had a pump!) they may have continued longer. They wanted a night out/break or were having a difficult few days and were sore.

Harpsichordcarrier · 26/04/2006 22:54

that would be lovely
have been bf for three years now
which is, coincidentally, the same length of time I haven't been ironing

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mcmudda · 26/04/2006 22:55

I did find a scheme run by the same council called "community Mothers" which trained up a few dozen mums who have successfully b/f to visit new mums and give them a hand and some advice. Bit less scary than having the red book waggled in you face maybe?

I guess the West of Scotland's health record is so poor that health education probably does need incentive schemes to run alongside. We really are about 20 years behind the rest of the UK in terms of health.

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suzi2 · 26/04/2006 22:57

I have a feeling Fife isn't great either Mcmudda...

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mcmudda · 26/04/2006 22:59

Just the whole of Scotland then Sad

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