Do you think it's possible to tell a breast fed baby/adult?

[McDreamyGonagall]

Spoke to someone today who attended a lecture from a paediatrician who claimed to be able to look at an adult and decide wether they were bf or ff. Then illustrated this by going along the front row and got everyone correct!

I'm finding this hard to believe!!!!

I think there are probably more breast-fed for a bit then formula people out there than totally breast fed or totally formula fed. WHich would confuse things I should think.

ok, well i f i was at one of our classes harp[si and you asked me how i ws fed as a child i would be rather annoyed

No. It's a crock of shit.

Maybe I should find out his name and we could invite him onto mumsnet for the night

ah harpi- well i would have known at that stage wouldn't I. lol. I have to say i did wonder what you taught. I have to say I'm surprised it's so high though- in a good way i mean (bf) as where I live the rates are very very low

We could get him to guess by our posting style

well I ask the fathers as well. it is massively relevant actually. if someone was ff or bf as to what sort of support they might get from their mother and family. I also ask whether they have ever seen anyone bf.

harpi- are you ahv/mw or bfcounsellor then?
BEing nosy right back at you Hope you don't mind

thats rubbish harpsi. My mums answer to everything in regard to babies is "ask your midwife/health visitor" or "I cant remember it was a long time ago dear"

the nct ante natal teacher asked us that question as a way of pointing out that you can't tell in adults. It was a way of relaxing us about it.

Why would you have been annoyed?

I agree harpsi- while my mother was massively supportive up to about 6 months she positively discouraged it after adn was downright disgusted that I was still bfing at 2 1/2- I do think this had a lot to do with the fact that she didn't bf me or my bro

ok well maybe im an exception.

I can't believe you would think your own personal and family experiences wouldn't be relevant.
how strange.
I think if you are that oversensitive about the issue then probably you wouldn't attend a bf class in the first place.

mind you saying that my MIL didnt breastfeed and thinks its ODD

er, im not strange OR oversensitive

what's rubbish fio?

I think it is toptally relvant though harpsi

that my mum could help

my mum breastfed older sister nad hten bottled me( ashe had an amah by then to do allt he grafting)

ahd no clue baout breastfeedin
it had been thirty some years ago so thast hwy she was sod all use

coddy i am glad it wasnt just my mum then

harpsi, i am gobsmacked
"you probably wouldnt attend a bf class"

how dar eyou!
jut because its not relevant to me how i ws fed as a baby
i fed my babies how i wanted, no outside influences ta v much

we were colonials donthcaknow

i think older siste/best mate far more relvant tbh

i didn't say you were strange, I just think it's strange that you wouldn't think it waspart of your own attitudes to bf.
I think if you were annoyed about being asked then that is pretty sensitive, if you had chosen to come to a bf class.
would you be annoyed if I asked you whether you were born vaginally or by C section? or if your mother stayed at home or went back to work? they're questions I ask sometimes too. I think they are relevant to how you feel about those two possibilities and would influence your choices one way or another