kathryn2804

[BabiesEverywhere]

Hi,

I have noticed you around this board a lot, so though I would stick this post in Breast and Bottle feeding rather than chat

I read you have exclusively breastfed twins !!! Wow, well done. I find it tiring enough tandem nursing and at least in my setup there is only one newborn !!!

I was to ask you a little bit about your breastfeeding experience, as I was reading your profile and I see you are both a breastfeeding peer support AND a breastfeeding counsellor...how do you find time to raise twins on top of that !?!

Being nosey, did you do both of your breastfeeding courses with the same charity ?

I saw you mention that you ran a drop in centre is that on your own or a baby cafe style centre ? Are you allowed to take your own children along with you ?

Thanks

Have to say it was just that breastfeeding peer support counsellor is a bit of a mouthful when you're typing! So I just shortened ity without realising this would cause offence!

There is no offense, it is just a matter of being clear who is giving, what advice on the board.

I post as 'just a mum' so other posters will weigh my posts accordingly but when a poster claims a particular professional 'hat', it is usual to check that information and in your case it was not clear as to what 'hat' you were wearing.

I hope you do understand why I took an interest in your posts. I feel I learn a fair bit from this board but especially when advice conflicts on a thread it helps to know posters backgrounds.

I do hope you are not offended as it does sound like you have a wide and varied experience of breastfeeding including twins and your posts have been/will be very useful to mothers on here.

But like Tiktok suggested it would better if you were clearer as to your training on your posts i.e Peer Supporter, rather than Breastfeeding Counsellor

I admire mums of multiples who manage to breastfeed. I was told about a mum to triplets who were sent to three different hospitals in three different cities, mum was in hospital with the one who had been kept local. She managed to breastfeed all three, giving each one feed a day! She didn't drive either, she had a train journey to each hospital. I'm not sure if there's medals but she should have had one!

There really was no offence taken, and I know there was none intended

'Breastfeeding peer support counsellor' is indeed a mouthful, and the way to best shorten it is to say 'peer supporter', IMO.

Thanks, Hoochie. There are many effective ways of supporting breastfeeding mothers. Some are appropriate in some situations, and some in others, with some overlap.

But yes, we do earn the title