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Did no-one else see Casualty? BBC managing to normalise FF again.

218 replies

evenhope · 04/05/2008 10:08

I've checked to see if anyone else started a thread about this but it seems no-one has.

Maggie's daughter was whining that she was having trouble feeding the baby and she was going to switch to bottles. Maggie said "breast is best".

Switch to the staff room and Tess is handing over a bottle trotting out the "happy mum happy baby" line.

Then in the pub the mum tells Toby she's "claimed them back" and is no longer feeding.

Why does the BBC persist in this anti-breastfeeding stance? What is the relevance of a BF storyline in Casualty anyway?!!

OP posts:
FAQ · 04/05/2008 22:06

middle class? well educated??

huh?

no he only coslept for 3 weeks, then was mix fed which rapidly progressed to exclusive FF

youngbutnotdumb · 04/05/2008 22:06

LMFAO

Oh Cocodebear u've done it now!!!

expatinscotland · 04/05/2008 22:06

i used to sit down for DD2's evening feeds with a big glass of red wine .

expatinscotland · 04/05/2008 22:06

but i blame moondog. she's the one who gave me the idea.

it's those welsh, you know . . .

wessexgirl · 04/05/2008 22:06

Oh, I missed out that I drank wine too.

nancy75 · 04/05/2008 22:07

casualty is not a publis service announcement, it is a tv programme to be watched as a form of entertainment.

ReverseThePolarity · 04/05/2008 22:07

"sacrifice their sex life/drinking life/eating oranges life"..

Wtf?

You can drink when you are breastfeeding. You can't get absolutely trollied, unless you have a babysitter and some EBM, but I wouldn't have thought you would get absolutely trollied if you were ff either unless you had a babysitter...

You can have sex when you're breastfeeding. Many do, believe it or not. How do you think so many posters on here that have breastfed have more than one dc?

You can also eat oranges when you're breastfeeding. Don't let anyone tell you any different.

"The majority of women in this country don't even start Bfing"

That's not true. In fact nearly 80% start breastfeeding. The trouble is many struggle to get it going for a wide variety of reasons including lack of support from HCPs, partners, friends, relatives etc., lack of understanding, myths surrounding bf (e.g. you can't have sex or drink or eat oranges when you're bfing), and so many more reasons.

I find your suggestion that because I (almost - was bullied into formula top ups briefly without being told of the risks) exclusively breastfed my ds for six months and am still bfing him now (13 months - ) I am some sexless teetotaler with scurvy!

ReverseThePolarity · 04/05/2008 22:09

Anyway oranges are not the only fruit.

stripeymama · 04/05/2008 22:09

And we know that what goes on on Casualty does sink in, from the stories you hear about people managing to to mouth-to-mouth or whatever because they'd 'seen it on Casualty'.

So it would be a good place for bf to be shown as normal. No fuss, no storyline - just showing babies being bf as the norm.

CocodeBear · 04/05/2008 22:10

Well bfing DD1 for 7 months did nothing for my sex life, I found it disconcerting and put-offing to squirt milk all over him during foreplay...

I felt guilty if I got a bit trolleyed two nights running...

And if I ate oranges her reflux went off the scale...

I've got a 2:1 btw.

AitchTwoCiao · 04/05/2008 22:11

no, the BBC is a public service broadcaster that has in the past frequently used drama to highlight the issue of domestic violence, HIV, rape etc and made Real Differences and should be justifiably proud of its record. weird, therefore, that it seems to undermine bfing at every turn. (hon. exception Billy and Honey Mitchell, rather brilliantly). because let's be honest, apart from that it doesn't show bfing At All, which is no more 'real' than showing ff all the time.

expatinscotland · 04/05/2008 22:11

'it is a tv programme to be watched as a form of entertainment.'

but it's sad that the stereotypes so commonly presented on Casualty as seen as entertainment.

stripeymama · 04/05/2008 22:11

It doesn't need to be some big public service isn't-bf-great hoohah. Just why not show it as the norm?

AitchTwoCiao · 04/05/2008 22:11

well coco, i'm surprised that you didn't learn at uni that a sample of one is worth fuck all.

youngbutnotdumb · 04/05/2008 22:13

Well thought that was going to kick off there if I had said it would have....
Must be coz I'm Scottish so must have a drink problem and am an aggressive drunk wi my kilt and wee bootle of whisky in my sporran oh an my lovely ginger hair!

Have no idea WTF am wittering on about! LMFAO at ME!

But seriously far too many women start out wanting toBF then recieve total lack of info and support so maybe they should convey this in one of their programs!

Twinklemegan · 04/05/2008 22:13

My thoughts exactly Spidermama. Just have a woman breastfeeding in the background, drop things into conversation etc. Because women DO breastfeed in this country, except on TV.

ChukkyPig · 04/05/2008 22:18

I seem to get everything wrong. Currently am BF DD on one arm, holding pint of cider with other arm, and DH is feeding me peeled satsuma segmants in frisky manner. Am now aware that this is not correct procedure and will cease immediately and go and watch some soaps.

expatinscotland · 04/05/2008 22:18

On TV they also drop back to their pre-preggo size in an instant.

And if they have PND, it's gone by hte next episode.

NiceShoes · 04/05/2008 22:22

FF is the norm, more babies BF and Mixed Feed than exclusive BF Overall, only 35 per cent of UK babies are being exclusively breastfed at 1 week, 21 per cent 1t 6 weeks, 7 per cent at 4 months and 3* per cent at 5 months. source this page

VictorianSqualor · 04/05/2008 22:23

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tortoiseSHELL · 04/05/2008 22:23

Exactly - just have it as a 'normal' thing that happens. Might challenge that whole 'b/feeding is disgusting, it's like having a poo in public' Daily Mail type ranting that women STILL in 2008 have to suffer - from the general public, and people in authority (eg asking people to leave shopping centres) - it is a total disgrace that in this time in this country there is STILL a prevailing attitude that feeding your baby is something better suited to a lavatory than anywhere else.

stripeymama · 04/05/2008 22:24

FF may indeed be the cultural norm.

But BF is the physiological norm.

Should nothing be done to try and address the disparity? Should BF be given up on and relegated to 'abnormal' status?

Twinklemegan · 04/05/2008 22:25

And? Since when did Casualty, or indeed any drama, rely on "the norm" for its storylines? It wouldn't be much of a drama would it?

AitchTwoCiao · 04/05/2008 22:25

what's yer point, niceshoes? when have you ever seen a known character bfing in a long running drama? (Mitchells excepted). tbh, when have you ever seen a guest character bfing? it does happen, niceshoes...

Pesha · 04/05/2008 22:25

Lol at Chukkypig!

(Is that a play on chuckie egg btw?! Used to love that game!! )

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