Beckles' doll and bottle thread talked a lot about influences that lead to people ffing. Bfing is so seldom seem, I am wondering what influences people have had that has led them down the bfing path?

For myself, I would have to say that knowing that I was bfed (for 9 months) and having seen mum bf my two sisters (but I only remember the youngest feeding), would have to be the main, in fact only influences for me, up until falling pg and researching further. I know that now I am fully open to extended bfing, but prior to Jack being born I thought it was really weird (but then again I had only come across it once prior to joining the ABA). I had also been funny on people bfing in public (huh, look at me now LOL!!).

So I guess what I'm trying to ask is, if you aren't bfed yourself or haven't had younger bfed siblings, then what would make you want to bf? And the same is true of extended bfing - if it is so taboo that the few who do it try not to do it in public, how will anyone ever know how normal and healthy it actually is?