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On the subject of breastfeeding, I am ashamed to say the idea of it makes me uncomfortable which is a bit of a quandry being pregnant.
My wife has the same feeling; our second is on the way and she is willing to give it a go as there are benefits you don't think of before the first - no sterilizing bottles at 2am
A minefield indeed. Keep us abreast of how the situation develops though
OK. I found out today whether or not she was comfortable.
Same friend visited us this afternoon to collect her laptop from which I have now removed all the viruses and trojans.
We were sitting around a coffee table when she announced that she was going to try and feed the baby and then pulled her top up and plonked the baby against her boob.
She didn't even have the courtesy to ask if we would mind!
On the subject of breastfeeding, I am ashamed to say the idea of it makes me uncomfortable which is a bit of a quandry being pregnant. Pogle, I wish I could be as positive about it as you.
Feeding babies with formula is relatively recent.
Humans have developed over hundreds of thousands of years feeding their babies with breast milk. I don't think that there is any contest.
[QUOTE=EternalOptimist;775498]mmm, a difficult etiquettical question.
I don't know about breast feeding but I have heard that if you go for a plop-plop in someones bog, you should light a match afterwards.
Or an emergency flare in my case
On the subject of breastfeeding, I am ashamed to say the idea of it makes me uncomfortable which is a bit of a quandry being pregnant. Pogle, I wish I could be as positive about it as you.
mmm, a difficult etiquettical question.
I don't know about breast feeding but I have heard that if you go for a plop-plop in someones bog, you should light a match afterwards.
Or an emergency flare in my case
What if you took the corner too fast and left a skid in the pan?
mmm, a difficult etiquettical question.
I don't know about breast feeding but I have heard that if you go for a plop-plop in someones bog, you should light a match afterwards.
Or an emergency flare in my case
Today my first reaction was to feel that I was intruding so I removed myself quickly because I didn't want the friend to have to ask me to leave.
But was I over-reacting and as a result offending the friend by letting her think that I did not want to be around while she was feeding the baby?
She may have preferred that you weren't there, but didn't like to say. You chose the "leave" option which IMO can't fail because if she DID mind you being there, you weren't, but if she DIDN'T mind you being there, she'll understand that you erred on the side of caution.
You did the right thing.
She could have called after you "there's no need to leave i don't mind if you don't" but she didn't. QED.
Men do get embarrased when they see a woman feeding, which is a shame, It didnt bother me much and I felt I was doing my best for Pogle Jnr, which frankly was the only thing that mattered
That's what I want to find out really.
Today my first reaction was to feel that I was intruding so I removed myself quickly because I didn't want the friend to have to ask me to leave.
But was I over-reacting and as a result offending the friend by letting her think that I did not want to be around while she was feeding the baby?
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