Boots "pro breastfeeding", superdrug "antibreastfeeding"? A survey.....

[Thandeka]

Was getting some essential bits and decided to be a skinflint and check superdrug too as normally cheaper. Boots has a fairly good range of breastfeeding stuff, pads, pumps, shields, bags etc. Superdrug had absolutely NOTHING to do with breastfeeding at all but lots of formula and weaning stuff. Now this might just be a feature of my two local stores but it did interest me- anyone fancy checking their local stores? Would be interested to see if this is a pattern!

I know for a fact this is true for my local sperdrug store I needed disposable breast pads for holiday turned out they don't even stock them in my local store I had to drive to the next town for the supermarket but even the supermarket only stocks 2 brands of breast pads I do find most chemist style shops round here are very geared up for formula

What about me and my nips ???

Same in our local, I rarely use Superdrug anyway but I've just done my baby shopping and thought I'd check it and they had NOTHING for breastfeeding.

I ended up getting the bits I needed from Tesco and Boots.

I guess partly its a financial issue- more money in formula stuff than boob stuff, but still its not great for promoting breastfeeding is it? Plus I find all the breastfeeding paraphenalia quite expensive considering (perhaps they mark it up because of the lack of long term profit as in you dont have to keep buying formula and the only stuff you need to keep buying is breast pads and maybe freezer bags- most other things like nipple shields are a buy once item).

Think the government should subsidise breast pads and the like on the NHS- or incentivise shops to stock the stuff!

(I have only been breastfeeding for three weeks (crazy story here) and already find myself getting very militant about it!)

I had an angry rant about this with my Mum a while ago. We also have 2 in our town, and neither stock anything that is aimed towards breastfeeding. Although boots is more expensive, I would rather go in there any day of the week.

It is the same here as well, although I very very rarely go in Superdrug. It is full of teenagers and reeks of cheap perfume.

Same with me. There is a superdrug, lloyds chemist, sainsburys and tesco. Tesco have by far the best range of stuff - i.e only shop to stock more than 1 brand of breast pad. Superdrug has nothing.

I have to agree too, and the only thing I did buy were maternity briefs which were tiny! I ended up leaving the rest of the pack at the maternity unit for anybody lucky enough to be stick thin just after giving birth, I could'nt even get them past my knees!!
Have to say tesco's and john lewis have been my best bets shopping wise for bf stuff.