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Infant feeding

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Original poster

What are the advantages of breastfeeding please?

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tiredemma · 04/04/2007 15:29

Its for my assignmment, I have DOH and WHO stuff but wondered if anyone could add anything on here.

thnaks

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Swizzler · 04/04/2007 15:57

You can read while bfing (with a bit of practice)
Def health benefits - DS is startlingly healthy compared with other babies I know
weight loss for mother (eventually)
makes you sit down, rest and concentrate on your baby

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tiredemma · 04/04/2007 15:58

is that ok? I love the last sentence about the crutch btw- dont think that I will put that bit in though. Is it ok the use the middle sentence about bf?

if my assignment ever becomes famous I will pay you royalties and have t-shirts made with the sentence on.

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tiktok · 04/04/2007 16:11

Fine, emma, and good luck with it

Cazee · 04/04/2007 16:12

Just remembered something very, very frightening. At my NHS antenatal class we were all given cards with things like "no need to make bottles", "Dad can help with the feeding", "You can see how much the baby is getting" written on, and had to put them in the advantages of bf or advantages of ff pile. I can't believe it really happened. No summing up about the health benefits of bf, just left to look at equal sized piles of advantages for both

Leoness · 04/04/2007 16:17

Stops you drinking excessively (unfortunately!!)
any benefits that can be gained from not going partying to often or to hard!!
i've forgotten all about dancing late into the night on Martini's!!!

tiktok · 04/04/2007 16:18

Dancing late into the night with martinis does not have to stop because of bf

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tiredemma · 04/04/2007 16:18

Ive just googled and came across benefits of both on BBC- most was the benefits of the 'convenience' of both as opposed to actual health benefits!

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Leoness · 04/04/2007 16:22

How do i do that then tik tok?

Leoness · 04/04/2007 16:23

Do i have to express a lot first?

Swizzler · 04/04/2007 16:23

Even worse, DS objects when I eat chocolate . Prob fgood for me in the long run

MrsBadger · 04/04/2007 16:31

lay in supplies of vodka and Martini
turn up stereo
let nature take its course!

NineUnlikelyTales · 04/04/2007 16:31

Swizzler how old is your LO? If it's any consolation, my DS was the same (and diet coke too - I felt life was hardly worth living when I had to give them both up) but it only lasted a few weeks and now I can much chocolate and chug diet coke with no ill effects...except perhaps to my big belly

Swizzler · 04/04/2007 16:37

6 months... can eat a bit now but not in the evenings

tiktok · 04/04/2007 16:49

leoness - loads on this in archives. Try searching on alcohol. You only need to express for the time you are actually away from your baby.

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