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Original poster

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

66 replies

ja9 · 02/11/2007 13:17

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!

OP posts:
maximummummy · 02/11/2007 21:52

i was told during b/f peer support training that if you exclusively b/f with feeds no more than 4 hours apart you are safe for 9 months - not that i'd risk it !!

berolina · 02/11/2007 21:56

I was feeding ds1 at least every 2 hours during the day and 5-6 times at night - and had a regular cycle from 6 months. (Didn't start weaning until 6 1/2 months either). I have also conceived 3 times while bf (sadly only one of those pgs was successful). I always smile faintly whenever anyone mentions bf's child-spacing properties. However, in a lot of women it can and it does have some contraceptive effect.

chipmonkey · 02/11/2007 21:57

I did have trouble ttc when bf though. Was pg within 2 months when I stopped. Wouldn't have used it as contraception though!

onepieceoflollipop · 02/11/2007 21:57

llareggub, my fil came to visit when dd2 was 3 days old. I quietly informed him I was feeding but he didn't bother listening (as usual). His nose was about 5 inches from my nipple (and baby's head) when he realised - he leapt back as if he had been bitten and said in a shocked tone "oh how embarrassing". Oh yes, really embarrassing that I am given me newborn her lunch.

LadyOfTheFlowers · 02/11/2007 21:58

I thought it was the other way round?
What a twat!!!

onepieceoflollipop · 02/11/2007 21:59

sorry giving my newborn

sweetkitty · 02/11/2007 22:09

I got AF back 6 weeks after DD1 was born she wasn't a hungry baby.

DD2 11 months

piximon · 02/11/2007 22:41

My GP told me I had to drink plenty of COWS milk in order to make breast milk for my baby lol. I just said "well I may as well just pour cow milk straight down her throat then".

beowulf · 02/11/2007 22:53

my midwife told me that orange juice would make my milk acidic. Ahhh, if only I had known then what I know now. I'd have sarkily told her that crisps would make my milk crunchy as well.

kiskidee · 03/11/2007 00:35

lol beowulf

moondog · 03/11/2007 20:50

guffaw> at crunchy milk

naturopath · 03/11/2007 21:04

luckily I have nice GP who always congratulates me for still exclusively bfing.. says it's absolutely the best thing fo rmy DS. I could hug him too

naturopath · 03/11/2007 21:04

(DS 4 months)

Pruners · 03/11/2007 21:05

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Gingerbear · 03/11/2007 21:05

Oh, the rubbish that gets spouted!
Lol at crunchy milk.

naturopath · 03/11/2007 21:06

oh, but have also been told by various others that:
apple juice will make my milk too acidic and that cow's milk will make my milk richer and heavier

policywonk · 03/11/2007 21:13

PLEASE complain to the practice manager, copy to primary care trust, LLL, NCT - this cock-monkey should get a rap over the knuckles at least.

My GP saw me BFing my two-year-old DS2, who was in the middle of an exzema outbreak, and enthusiastically said 'that's absolutely the best thing for him'.

Mommalove · 03/11/2007 21:19

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moondog · 03/11/2007 21:21

guffaw at 'cock monkey'
I shall be using with vigour henceforth.

policywonk · 03/11/2007 21:29

'Chemically pure cock-monkey' for the full effect moondog.

totallyfloaty35 · 03/11/2007 21:34

my gp told me i should stop now as the baby was sucking my calcium out of me,i started laughing and had to leave my apt as couldnt take her seriously after that,have also read in last months Junior mag,a dr answering a question said mothers shouldnt bf after their baby reached 1 as it leached the calcium from their bones and was bad for you!!

totallyfloaty35 · 03/11/2007 21:35

my gp told me i should stop now as the baby was sucking my calcium out of me,i started laughing and had to leave my apt as couldnt take her seriously after that,have also read in last months Junior mag,a dr answering a question said mothers shouldnt bf after their baby reached 1 as it leached the calcium from their bones and was bad for you!!

maximummummy · 03/11/2007 23:05

wot a fecking cock-monkey

Jenkeywoo · 03/11/2007 23:16

I'm currently taking my dd (19 months) to a conductive education centre (it's a kind of holistic physiotherapy as she cerebral palsy) - During the assessment session the manager told me that 'I'm all for breastfeeding but at this age it does more harm than good' . She then went on about how as she has CP she needs to learn to be independent and that my breastfeeding is stopping her. .

If it was anyone else I would have walked away and not gone back but I know dd will benefit from the therapy so I guess I'll end up secretly feeding in and not mentioning it.

As DH pointed out, probably 95% of the population think that breastfeeding a 19 month old is wrong, so I guess it's no surprise.

It is doubly shocking when it's someone in a medical capacity who comes up with this shit though isn't it?

I just want someone to acknowledge all the good that extended breastfeeding does.

Jenkeywoo · 03/11/2007 23:17

p.s love the term 'cock monkey'

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