Breastfeeding Vouchers

[sp1814]

What are your feelings about a scheme to give new mums shopping vouchers for breastfeeding?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30083090

[China Doll]

Your daughter was very lucky then.

Midwives are the worst in my area, they don't see the mother at all, just a couple of jubblies. New mums need support in general not even more bloody pressure to breastfeed; it just adds to feelungs of failure and inadequacy if you are a mum who has desperately tried and not succeeded.

[sherrardk]

I feel bad that new mums are pressurised to breast feed, yes it's probably a good idea but if they can't (or don't want to) then so be it - as long as the baby is happy and the mum's relatively still sane then leave people alone.

[Psybbo]

Well said China, from one who was a 'failure'

[pixie373]

Lol! Made me laugh, slappy. And not as rude as mamya's post at 22:05 (read carefully...)

[askyourgran]

Encouraging breastfeeding at home must surely give rise to feeding the child on trips away from home, unless of course one expresses into a feeding bottle on those occasions. Young mothers are not always given sound advice - a take it or leave it attitude prevailed at one time, other women with their infinitely busy lives found it tying. I was shown in the maternity hospital how to go on as soon as I'd had my baby.

[sherrardk]

AYG - they chuck you out of hospital really quick now, if you have the baby before noon you're about by tea time. Don't expect anyone has the time to get mums started on breast feeding advice.

[China Doll]

You'll be out in two days if you have an emergency c-section. You'll be lucky if anyone can tell you that this can effect milk supply. No one will check to see how much milk you're actually producing or watch you do a whole feed.

[pixie373]

Quicker than that, sherr. I was home before my last baby was 2 hours old.

[Mamyalynne]

I too think the failure 'tag'is horrid, especially when a new Mum can be so low.


I'm not going to get pulled in to the feeding away from home debate and cannot see that as a reason for not giving general and gentle and more importantly practical encouragement.

[Slapshot]

Personally, I think it's shocking that it's verging on criminalised, it's natural, it happens and it's certainly not offensive.... what is obvious is that those who criminalise and persecute nursing mums need a damn good dose of reality and in themselves were probably bottle fed.. carry on ladies, do what you think right whereever you want to

[ummmm]

I was in for a week with my first child, she was poorly and was on the childrens ward. Blessing in disguise I suppose because I got breastfeeding support with every feed.

Once home we had visits from the midwife, health visitor and doctor up to the babies 6 week check.

My son was jaundice...how would that have been spotted if they no longer visit? He didn't actually need treatment I was just told to put him by the window to get some sunlight.

Sp...breastfeeding is toe curling painful but it only lasts until just after they latch on. I had cracked and bleeding nipples for the first few weeks.

[anotheoldgit]

Crazy, soon they will be paying women to have children er? hang on a moment.................

[ummmm]

No one told me they pay you to have kids.....

[jim360]

I'm not sure it's the breast idea ever. In fact I think they've boobed and it'll all go tits up soon.