Oxford leg of breastfeeding pinic - ruty,mrsbadger,wmmc,vacaloca,stellawasadiver,berolina,harpsi,practicallyperfect etc

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I know there will be Oxford MNers I haven't mentioned, forgive me!
There is possibly going to be a breastfeeding picnic arranged for the Oxford area on July 21st.
Can you make it??

I've just spoken to someone from bbc oxford and am being interviewed tomorrow morning at 7:30ish. eek!

well done! will listen in!

on bbc oxford radio? cool.

Yeah BBc radio oxford, Dominic Cotter's show.
The lady I spoke to today said he's very nice and has three children of his own so will be nice to me!

How did the radio thing go, VS?

Sorry I can't be there today - hope it all goes incredibly well (am rather of you all).

Seemed to be ok, you can listen again at www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/news/ once they put the breakfast show up, it was at 7:30am, so half an hour in to the show.

DP said it was good and thinks I managed to sound reasonable rather than a loony lactivist.

The presenter asked me to play 'Devil's advocate' and asked if I could understand how a couple would feel if it was early evening in a restaurant and a family came in with three children, being noisy, playing around, breastfeeding etc'

I said that if it wasn't a family restaurant and was inappropriate for children to be there then I wouldn't take my children anyway and that I'd be more concerned about making my other children sit down and not disturb the other diners than stopping feeding my hungry child

OOh - well done you. Will listen again. And I'll be with you in spirit.

Oh he is great!
He's going on about how he can't understand anyone being funny about breastfeeding in public!
We heart Dominic Cotter.

I'll eat a sausage roll for you, Jackie

lol - and drink a fruit shoot, I hope.

like the notes to editor on the press release

The press release was written by urbandryad, It's the same one for all the picnics just the time and place changed, it obviously works, within half an hour of me sending it I had a call and a slot booked on the breakfast show so it did what we wanted it to do.

DP is going to chase up the paper today and mention the breakfast show as they won't commit to anything.

BBC London are being really crap.

Did you hear the woman on the phone in just now? "Some wimmen will flaunt it!!" LOLZ

Hope today goes well.
I wish I could be there but I have to be at work today.

The paper have just called, again a sympathetic reporter, he helped in the campaign to stop them closing the breastfeeding clinic at the hospital, a photographer will be joining us at about 2pm

'flaunt it'? I said to both the radio and the paper about when I received a sarky comment from some woman about how I should 'put my tits away' both reporters said 'ridiculous'

It's a big news story on the BBC now!!

BBC Oxford rock!!

well done VS. can i hear it anywhere else? wish i could make today

It's on again now.

VS you are a goddess

Dominic Cotter was good, wasn't he?

Very very good VS! Just heard it again!

WTF is this crap about unhygenic though?!? i don't get that at all!

Louise thinks it is unhygienic to breastfeed in public...
I'm speechless!

you were great! Can you believe somebody said bfeeding in public is 'so unhygenic?' What the f*ck? Listen, if i can get to the parks for 12.20.-1.30 would you be there? I'll have to leave sharpish but at least i'll see some of you...

LOL X-post

Ruty, I'll definitely be there then.
I'll be arriving at about 12:30.

Persuaded DP to meet me during his lunch hour as well

Dominic Cotter RULES!