As hard as I have tried not to get into this discussion, I can no longer
help myself. First I would like to know .....
Deanne, How did you manage to find 52 men, over the weekend, to poll? I
spent my weekend at the Bicycle repair shop, VCR repair shop, Wal Mart,
and at my chosen place of worship...I honestly do not believe I saw 30
men!
Second, I would like to comment....
It has been my experience, referring to classmates, friends of siblings,
men I've known, that many men LIKE breasts. Either for their basic
natural beauty, awe of their life-sustaining function, or cultural
sex-appeal. However, I have never yet met a man who wanted, was
interested in, or had a breast augmentation. (Not implying that there
are not any...but talking about the "mainstream" )
As a LLLL, I have heard of fathers who pacified their baby with their
breast, as an experiment, and "last effort". Apparently, the father in
question, had no desire to do this, has no desire to ever try it again
(it was unsuccessful...baby did not stop fussing), but was trying
anything and everything to comfort baby.
Is it possible that basic body hormones, metabolisim, etc would create
different odors...after all, I think we all agree there are fundamental
differences...and even if lactating, baby would refuse to "nurse" on
fathers' breast??
Now, to start a new tangent.....
As long as we are contemplating Father nursing, why not let him "carry"
the babe, I would be more than willing to "let" my dh "carry" any future
pregnancies....I might even share, and not ask for his help until the
7th or 8th month!
Then, if he wanted, I might share the nursing, too. But IMO,
Breastfeeding is the reward for those LONG last two months of pregnancy,
and until he endures that, BF is off-limits, too.

Laura Wright

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