I pay for "Breastfeeding Coordinators"!

macaque_2

RenovationMan wrote: »

They are cheaper than paying a midwife or doctor, who have little time for this anyway and I feel that anything that can prevent cancer, obesity and boost the immune system in general will more than pay for itself in saving NHS funds over the child's lifetime.

Fair comment but we are already paying for midwives and doctors. Anyway, breastfeeding is a natural activity. Chimps and baboons don't rely on breastfeeding coordinators and nor did cavemen (to the best of my knowledge).

What is the net gain from breastfeeding if the parents are only going to fill them up with crisps and turn them into lard bags by the age of 10? Good advice is fine but when the state tries to micromanage people's lives, parents are encouraged to behave like irresponsible children. You don't need a 'breastfeeding coordinator' to explain the midair fueling technique between mother and child.

kabayiri

My problem with these roles is that they feel like they should be short term contracted assignments. with a fixed goal for each assignment.

Once you make it a full time role it almost becomes self justifying. I believe if you doubled the number of breast feeding coordinators overnight, they would all feel they were in a valid role and not overstaffed at all.

RenovationMan

As a male, I resent my taxes being used to pay for smear tests and mammograms, neither of which I will ever use. The money spent on these would be better spent on prostate and testicular cancer screening.

The_White_Horse

i think we just have to admit that any mother that can't feed her baby is a failure. that is your one genetic job in life. to get pregnant and raise the child. however, if you have failed the kind people at aptamil and cow & gate have sorted it for you.

personally, i don't care if the baby is breast fed or formula fed. all i care is that i am not paying for nonsensical jobs.

lets have a personal breathing co-ordinator each. we can have someone from the nhs follow us around for our entire life saying "in, out, in, out, in, out" - actually maybe they can double up as the sex co-ordinator.

The_White_Horse

RenovationMan wrote: »

As a male, I resent my taxes being used to pay for smear tests and mammograms, neither of which I will ever use. The money spent on these would be better spent on prostate and testicular cancer screening.

this is very true. women are just selfish. i have said a thousand time, all this "wear it pink" and pay £1 is utter nonsense.

if women just said "i will show you my boobs for £1" men would come to work with literally sacks of money. women could raise enough to cure cancer in a day.

women, you have yourselves to blame.

unfortunately i don't think many women will pay a quid to look up my 'arris

happy_but_skint

Really2 wrote: »

The Job is to make women who can't breast feed have a break down and to starve their children.;)

My wife could not breast feed properly (milk was just not sufficient) and my son starved for nearly a week. My wife finally gave in as his weight plummeted and having to give him warm water to hydrate him and used formula (in hopital) and the midwives still looked down on her.

It may be best, but it should not be viewed on failure if it can't be done.

Lot's of women feel like failures because a fanatical it has become.

If it is what is best for the baby, surly having sufficient food and not a depressed mom are part of that?

Our experience of that system was very bad, it was more like enforcement than encouragement and mental torture should you fail or not comply.

This could have been me you were talking about, I had the same problem they even insisted i use an electric breast pump and after an hour and half it contained less than half an ounce. I walked out and purchased baby milk. They made me feel terrible.

ultrawomble

Chemical companies are laughing all the way to the bank.

RenovationMan

The_White_Horse wrote: »

this is very true. women are just selfish. i have said a thousand time, all this "wear it pink" and pay £1 is utter nonsense.

if women just said "i will show you my boobs for £1" men would come to work with literally sacks of money. women could raise enough to cure cancer in a day.

women, you have yourselves to blame.

unfortunately i don't think many women will pay a quid to look up my 'arris

It's probably second nature for you to pay for these sorts of services.

Generali

It's Aris not 'arris.

Aris => Aristotle => bottle => bottle & glass => !!!!.

kabayiri

Generali wrote: »

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Spending on one thing has to mean not spending on another.
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But when the coallition got into power they stated that the NHS budget would be ringfenced (something which I disagree with).

As an action that kind of sent out the message that yes, you can continue to have the NHS you are used to, without change.

I believe it was disingenuous at best.