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Breast not best - new slogan ideas?

163 replies

bb99 · 29/03/2008 21:09

Breastfeeding - every mother's right.

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nappyaddict · 01/04/2008 16:55

i think like hoppy said you can read whatever meaning you want into it which is why i like it.

Divastrop · 01/04/2008 17:05

well,thats true.it should be a choicei had the choice taken away from me with ds1.at the end of the day is it ever going to be possible to get the massage accross to those who are geniunely ignorant without offending those for whom ff was the only option?

nappyaddict · 01/04/2008 17:08

and mother's who have the choice taken away from them for whatever reason should not be made to feel like they are wrong for not being able to breastfeed

beckyvicky · 01/04/2008 17:38

why do we humans drink cows milk anyway, isn't cows milk for cows (and horses milk for horses etc.)

Dalrymps · 01/04/2008 21:09

Good point bv, i've often thought this, maybe they should start stocking breastmilk at the supermarket

expatinscotland · 01/04/2008 21:11

Give it ten secs, CountessD, someone will be on to tell you you should have put aside the drugs you need for your health in order to BF.

You just didn't try hard enough .

LooseyC · 01/04/2008 22:12

Hello - did wonder whether or not to post on a thread with so many other messages, but think that just shows how emotive this subject is and why the topic just rolls on and on... (... maybe without ever getting anywhere as someone else has said)

My feeling on this is that while there are bucketloads of guilt already in motherhood without having to deal with this, it's also true that I didn't really know risks of ff as the NHS only sell the benefits - you just think it must be ok as it's normal and the hvs don't tell you otherwise.

As someone who had good support from bf clinic but still couldn't manage it (oh well) it wouldn't make a difference to me but might to some with better equipment!

BabiesEverywhere · 04/04/2008 16:48

What about..."Why settle for off the peg, when you have designer milk." And then something about how breastmilk is created as needed just for your baby.

tiktok · 04/04/2008 17:27

expat - please point me to any post where someone has been told not to take drugs they need for their health?

Why be so sour about things?

There are posts which ask 'are you sure you cannot breastfeed with that medication?' and which point the user in the direction of more information. Many mumsnet users have found out that what their doctors have told them is not actually correct.

Why would you object to that?

Poohbah · 04/04/2008 19:34

The Department of Health now have a leaflet which clearly states that formula does have risks.

Google DOH go to publications..it's the April 2007 one.

suzi2 · 05/04/2008 15:11

Poohbah, I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right leaflet on their website. It's a breastfeeding promotion leaflet "off to the best start" and although it says that formula doesn't provide certain things, it doesn't mention any risk of formula that I can see? Not sure if I'm looking at the right one. I guess the problem with that leaflet is that it's people who are interested in breastfeeding that will read it and probably won't pay much attention to the mention of formula etc.

I agree tiktok - it was after suggestions to others on here regarding Drs lack of info about safe medication that I decided to contact the BFN and discovered that several things I was told I wasn't allowed, were in fact OK. Of course there are many medications that aren't OK, but it's every womans right to get accurate info.

bb99 · 08/04/2008 20:26

Countess - sometimes our bodies just let us down, no matter how hard we try. Mine has killed 2 out of 4 pregnancies, of perfectly healthy babies as my immune system would not tolerate them living and growing inside me. It wasn't my choice, but I would NEVER want to take someone else's choice away just because mine was restricted - thankfully drugs were the answer for me and I now have a regime that works BUT just cos my body screwed me up doesn't mean I'd want to restrict the access OR the awareness that other mothers could and should have about the drug regime that works - IYSWIM. It's ASPIRIN BTW, how simple!

For me the same goes for the information about feeding babies and children, if my body let me down it's not my fault, it's a bio-chemical condition that is involuntary, why prevent other women from accessing the information so that if they DO have a choice, they can make an informed one?

I felt guilty when I found out my firstborn son was dead inside me, when I called his father to tell him he had died, when I buried him, but now I don't feel guilty, even after the second baby died - it wasn't my fault. Now I feel angry, sad and disappointed at times, but I wouldn't ever want other women NOT to have access to the information to prevent them from being able to carry a pg to term IYSWIM. Step away from your guilt or bad feelings. If someone needs to take medication that prevents them from bf it's frustrating and annoying and all sorts of other things, but not an individuals fault, so let go of any bad feelings and enable other women access to the choices that were unavailable to you

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mammatulip · 08/04/2008 20:31

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