Do we really need all these breastfeeding photos/news articles?

[mooma3]

Do we really need to see all this all over the place?


It has gotten to the point where it is being shoved down our throats (no pun intended) and it is making bf quite unappealing on so many levels.

what happened to it being a loving,PRIVATE thing between mother and baby?

Do we really need to see it all over the place and boobs everywhere?

[TheBookofRuth]

Hang on, OP, you're the one who started a thread about being sick of seeing breastfeeding "everywhere", but we're being "judgemental"?

Your understanding of the word must differ from mine.

[CelibacyCakeAndFuckThePO]

"Women from somewhere like this"

Oh yes. All us middle class yummy mummy, earth mother types. Coz that's what Mumsnet is full of.

Except. The members like me, single parents on benefit, living in a council house.

Oh and the members like...her over there. SAHM. Or her over there, retired, several grandchildren. Or him, the dad with excellent plumbing advice. Or, ..... you get the gist.

Take your tantrum, your goady thread, your pathetic attempt to stir things and place it firmly (and discreetly) up your arse.

[MsPhoebeCaulfield]

"shitebag - you are the only one who gets where i am coming from.

Kudos to you.

To the rest of you - i am utterly bored with this now so goodnight and fuck off"

BEST. MESSAGE. EVER. So impartial and considered

FWIW I was listening to Bufft Saint-Marie on Woman's Hour this morning who said that this 'outrage' about public breastfeeding is a new thing and no one batted an eyelid when she did it on Sesame Street. Perhaps we're all becoming a bit puritanical?

I'm still BFing my DD but I've managed to do it without taking my arm out of my sleeve and slinging my top over my shoulder. Not because I want to be discreet but because it sounds like a mad thing for someone to (probably not) do.

[amothersplaceisinthewrong]

Can't say I have noticed any more breasts than usual around ....

I did not bf but don't agree that it is a private thing. If baby needs to be fed, then feed it.

[holmessweetholmes]

What an ignorant, narrow-minded attitude. If you were complaining about people being vilified for not breast-feeding, I'd be right with you on that. It's terrible that some mothers are made to feel like failures if they don't manage to bf.

But complaining about bf in public, complaining about raising awareness?! Some women have grown up in circles where bf was seen as shameful and disgusting. Don't you think that public, open, totally unashamed breast-feeding, plus plenty of positive and supportive articles, might be a good way of getting rid of those out-dated and bigoted ideas, OP?

[CultureSucksDownWords]

Yes I did read all the posts. I even reported the one that swore at you directly. What is your point about that? Retaliating in the manner of those that upset you makes no sense if you disapprove of it.

People on MN are not all the same, of course they're not as there are millions of members. A simple look through threads shows you a myriad of opinions and choices.

Please can you explain how you meant your post, given that so many people have so horribly misunderstood you?

[shoopshoopsong]

The reason we need these articles is because for some reason there it's still taboo and people like you get up in arms with it.

[mooma3]

LMAO to you all
(off i go to live my life in the real world while you all rot away on mumsnet night after night.)


hahahahahaha

[CultureSucksDownWords]

Ah, I thought you might actually explain. Never mind.

[LeChien]

"(off i go to live my life in the real world while you all rot away on mumsnet night after night.)"

Have you employed someone to type,this for you while you do real life stuff?
Or are you rotting away on mumsnet too?

[holmessweetholmes]

Wow. Is the OP an 8 year-old boy? "Bleurgh - boobies - that's gross! Ner ner ner I'm off. You're all horrible! "

[Flingmoo]

Ciao.

[Ver1tyPushpram]

By the time I've logged in someone may have posted these but it seems it's always been all over the place.

25 Historical Pics in total here

[MovingOnUpMovingOnOut]

Cheerio then :)

[CelibacyCakeAndFuckThePO]

[WeAllHaveWings]

I am totally pro breastfeeding anywhere anyone pleases. bf ds until over 1.

I have noticed in the last week suddenly my facebook is chock full of bf photos, promotion etc. I mean several photos/images/sayings every day. Which is very unusual as I don't follow any baby type sites anymore (ds is 11) and neither usually do most of my friends but they are seeing and sharing them.

Have no issues with them, but to be honest I've hidden the sites they originate from as they are starting to feel a bit like the cold callers than come on line trying to sell me a new kitchen I don't need.

[CelibacyCakeAndFuckThePO]

This thread shows that, whatever the faults of this forum, we all stick together when it matters.

[ShipShapeAhoy]

It wasn't direct swearing. I said 'sounds like a'.

[CultureSucksDownWords]

Yeah, sorry about that, but it did seem like you were calling her a cunt even though it was phrased that way.

[Vatersay]

Mooma to answer your question:

We have truly dreadfully low rates of breast feeding in this country.

This is a problem because breast milk is absolutely the best thing for babies. No question about it.

Of course there are a small percentage of women who can't breastfeed and it's wonderful that we have access to high quality formula for those babies.

Breast feeding should of course be a choice and no one should be harshly judged for formula feeding.

However, given that we have, in general, a culture that does not support breast feeding, lots of women don't feel able to make that choice.

Raising visibility of breast feeding normalises it and will hopefully lead to increased levels of breast feeding and eventually culture change.

Change can be uncomfortable and scary for some, maybe even most people but that doesn't make it wrong

[ShipShapeAhoy]

Apart from my mum I don't know anyone who supports breastfeeding IRL, sadly most people I know have the op's view. Thank goodness for mumsnet when I was starting out!

[ShipShapeAhoy]

I knew it was a risk culture. Some things just aren't meant to be called a cunt I guess.

[Ver1tyPushpram]

And here

And here

There are oodles if you google breastfeeding in art history and historical breastfeeding photos. Breastfeeding happened everywhere, publicly and privately.

[IonaMumsnet]

Um.. Lost for words...

Well. Yes. Let's all keep this civil anyway, shall we? In the spirit of lively debate an' all. Thanking you all.