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Bravo Knomester and Anna_r - two extremely tenatious and committed BF ladies who I have the pleasure of calling my friends! Well done all for spreading some truthful and incredibly helpful information about BF rather than the limited information we are given in pregnancy. I have nothing much to add as it's pretty much been said above. I had my baby a few weeks before K and on the same day as Anna and was lucky not to have any of the pain that they suffered from (I seem the exception to the rule as most of my friends were in varying stages of agony at the beginning). I don't know how they did it and have nothing but respect for them. However my LO did have oral thrush (which never made it to my nipples thankfully) so I had to go through the Fluco rigmarole myself and it is frustrating that so many GPs are so underinformed (and one delightful locum told me to just 'give up BF for a few weeks' despite the fact I was not in pain and neither was my LO!). Informed doctors are especially crucial in a population like ED. My big learning is, if you have antibiotics in labour (which I did due to an emergency c-section as well), take acidophilus and Yakult/Actimel or equivalent beforehand and afterwards to try and insure against thrush - I wish someone had told me this going into my induction! Knomester - I am crossing my fingers you get the lovely bonding experience soon - you really deserve it. Hope you at least get the occasional warm glow for knowing you have already done a hell of a lot for Baby K :) (edited for typo)

Thank you so much for this information - any other thoughts people have would be great to hear - especially from those who live in the flats/houses of the estate... Cheers! x

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can help us - we're looking at renting a house in this estate and wanted to know if people have any experience of living there. What is it like at night? Should we be concerned about walking back from the station in the dark and are there any problems with gangs/overly antisocial behaviour etc that people know about? We currently live in ED/Camberwell borders (off Dog Kennel Hill) - we are not shrinking violets but we want to live somewhere safe with our young family. Really appreciate any thoughts! B