girls you are going to LOVE this. guess what my gp just told me about bf...

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when i said i fed ds until 20mo and was hoping to do similar with dd,

he told me i should perhaps rethink as i was putting myself at risk of osteoporosis (sp?)!!!

Brilliant!

omg

Just take a calcium supplement.

what a cock

I remember my GP saying the same when I was breastfeeding DD.... but that was 21 years ago, so forgivable now.

Or a glass of milk!

Oh dear. Please, please let him know the reverse is true - that women who bf have less risk of osteoporosis than women who do not

This is just one study with refs for this

just told dh this and his response was to tell him 'i'll get the nct onto you!'.. made me lol

A prize cock indeed.

They just fucking make it up don't they????
but also v v v

.......... speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its a wonder you didnt clobber him with your crumbly hand - the bones mus of course be like chalk!!

i was told by a doc at A&E that bf was selfish!!

oh marvellous
I hope he is one of those earning a gazzillion pounds a year
well worth the money

Why s o onion?? (Fucking nutter(

also interested to know why breastfeeding is selfish?

Also think your GP is a tt for saying that. Why, oh why do people who don't know things advise people on them?!

i was having big probs - an abcess well underway as noone would help me ( was on holiday) the doc said i was selfish to bf as babies only bonded with their mums, dads couldnt feed and that in his opinion - it was meeting a mothers needs more than a babies. a nurse in the same place said that bf actually make her feel sick.
helpful. positive and encouraging lot

what an idiot

When I told my gp I was planning on feeding ds2 until he was at least a year old, he said "there's no upper limit you know, you can keep on breastfeeding until you're both ready to stop"

(and he also checked that I was planning to introduce weaning at 6 months and not before)

I could have hugged him

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I hear so many bad stories like this that when I asked my GP if the tablets he was giving me were ok with bf, I was expecting some stupid comment but he said 'it's really good that you're still bf'. I was really pleased!

how wierd!

Miaou! That is an exceptionally good GP!

I knew someone, who told her GP that she was breastfeeding and he said 'you won't have to worry about contraception then'. She told him that she knew two women with 2nd children because they used breastfeeding as contraception.

My midwife told me that bfing past 6 months was only for the mothers benefit, WTF???

Snap Mungarra. When I went to see the practice nurse for the contraception chat she very breezily said that exclusive bf was an excellent contraceptive...

I know that in theory and statistically that is true, but I've heard too many stories of it not being quite that simple!

My doctor said that you need to feed at least 6 times a day and definitely no more than 4 hours apart for it to work! I got pg while bf! twice

I had words with my best friend's new boyfriend at the weekend. He watched me feed my 1 year old son with pure disgust and then uttered: "bitty is it?"

Needless to say I gave him a bit of grief.

It was not a good first meeting of BF new boyfriend.

I'm sometimes amazed anyone breastfeeds, really.