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Swedish Dad Tries to Breast-Feed
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/9/09 | Amy Graff

Posted on 09/09/2009 9:40:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway

When mom is away, most dads offer a crying newborn a bottle of milk, a pacifier, a pinkie finger. But a Swedish dad is embarking on an experiment that he hopes will allow him to soothe a baby with his own milk-filled breasts.

Ragnar Bengtsson, a 26-year-old student at Stockholm University, is regularly breaking out a breast pump to induce lactation. Bengtsson is the father of a 2-year-old child, but he has no plans to nurse his toddler. Rather he wants to breast-feed future children and inspire other dads to offer their breasts as a way to bond with their children at earlier stages of development.

"Anything that doesn't do any harm is worth trying out. And if it works it could prove very important for men's ability to get much closer to their children at an early stage," Bengtsson told The Local, an English newspaper in Sweden.

The story was major headline news in the Nordic country, and now it's making the rounds on all the parenting blogs. The story will probably continue to escalate as Bengtsson's efforts will be documented by Swedish TV8. Also, he maintains a blog on the station's Web site.

Ragnar Bengtsson, a 26-year-old student at Stockholm University, is regularly breaking out a breast pump to induce lactation. Bengtsson is the father of a 2-year-old child, but he has no plans to nurse his toddler. Rather he wants to breast-feed future children and inspire other dads to offer their breasts as a way to bond with their children at earlier stages of development.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: breastfeeding; father; genderblurring; napl; sweden
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1 posted on 09/09/2009 9:40:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Attention whore?


2 posted on 09/09/2009 9:42:26 AM PDT by John123 (If Teddy was the lion of the senate... then we were the prey.)
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To: nickcarraway
Parenting FAIL!!!

Or is it Biology FAIL?

3 posted on 09/09/2009 9:42:34 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: nickcarraway
Far too much estrogen in our socialites.....
4 posted on 09/09/2009 9:43:49 AM PDT by thinking
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To: nickcarraway

26 y/o boy with man boobs? No pictures, please.


5 posted on 09/09/2009 9:44:07 AM PDT by chemicalman (No one in the house read the stimulus bill? Have they ever read the Constitution?)
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To: nickcarraway

He puts his panties on the same way any other woman would.


6 posted on 09/09/2009 9:44:22 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

NAPL!


7 posted on 09/09/2009 9:44:23 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We need free market care, not Kopechnecare.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Tits on a bull”

But in his castrated state maybe better to say “Tits on a Steer”


8 posted on 09/09/2009 9:44:30 AM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Don't give up any of your rights. They were purchased for you by blood!)
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To: nickcarraway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OkcucXIuVI


9 posted on 09/09/2009 9:44:47 AM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: nickcarraway

Ragnar Bengtsson is as useless as tits on a bull.


10 posted on 09/09/2009 9:44:55 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: ShadowAce

Parenting fail maybe. Biology fail, not necessarily. There have been documented cases of male lactation (though obviously not in the same volumes as female).


11 posted on 09/09/2009 9:45:43 AM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: nickcarraway

Any bets that he also pees sitting down? This is some sick $hi+.


12 posted on 09/09/2009 9:45:45 AM PDT by Bob
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To: nickcarraway

Figures.


13 posted on 09/09/2009 9:45:49 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: nickcarraway

The mouthful of hair the kid gets will probably make it scream louder...

LQ


14 posted on 09/09/2009 9:46:11 AM PDT by LizardQueen (The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.)
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To: nickcarraway; PennsylvaniaMom; Tax-chick; SilvieWaldorfMD

I bet the woman who married the guy feels pretty dumb now.


15 posted on 09/09/2009 9:46:54 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: ShadowAce

I should expand a bit: male lactation is possible even excluding hormone imbalance (natural or artificial). Starvation can induce it, as can repeated stimulation of male milk-gland tissue over an extended period of time.


16 posted on 09/09/2009 9:47:41 AM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: nickcarraway

Mommy is working and daddy is breastfeeding.

Something is very very wrong with this.

Hey that cat is barking, that dog is reading the paper.


17 posted on 09/09/2009 9:47:46 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m thinking there may not be any “future children.”


18 posted on 09/09/2009 9:47:59 AM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: nickcarraway

Reminds me of when Peter tried to nurse Stewie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OkcucXIuVI&feature=PlayList&p=1DA4373994B5240A&index=14


19 posted on 09/09/2009 9:50:28 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Perdogg

Oh, they’re probably not married.


20 posted on 09/09/2009 9:52:21 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is our duty: to zot their sorry arses into the next time zone." ~ Admin Mod)
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