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September 2022 Babies 🇬🇧

Friends have annoyed me about breastfeeding comments

Not really anything I’m asking here, just a rant. My friends made some comments last week that have annoyed me a bit.

My friend shared that her cousin had made a social media post saying something like “made it 12 months of solely breastfeeding, only 0.5% of people do so I’m proud”. It had come along with comments that her mother in law had made - insinuating that it was too long, and I’m pretty sure they were all on board that those comments were inappropriate.

But they also made comments like “well why does she feel the need to share that” “who cares” and “she’s just trying to make other people feel bad that don’t breastfeed that long” “it’s bragging”

Them comments have really got to me and I think about it even a week later, wondering whether to say something to them or just leave it. None of them have children, none of them have ever breastfed so I get that they aren’t in the loop of how breastfeeding can be/feel and how it can be a sensitive area where a lot of breastfeeding mums get a lot of judgement and I think being open and public can be useful for people