Mothers Union to Knit Big Breasts

Irelands National Health Service (NHS) has ordered 150 wooven breasts as teaching aids for new mothers. NHS officials will use the big fuzzy teats to tech nursing skills to expectant mums.

"In the past our breastfeeding trainers had to use balloons to demonstrate feeding skills, but when I heard the Mothers' Union did knitting of clothes for premature babies, I asked if they would be prepared to knit 150 breasts so I could make them available as a training aid to every health visitor, community nurse and nursery nurse involved in supporting new breastfeeding mums. - Louise Stickland of NHS told The Belfast Telegraph

Strickland added: "To my delight, they agreed and enrolled four of their best knitters, who have done an outstanding job." Get the details