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How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant? Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:11 am  How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant?
 

Hi everybody,

first of all I wish a happy new year and all the best (especially a good health)!

Well, I was wondering how would say when a mom feeds her baby with her breast.

Are the following sentences ok? Or is there another way more common to say it?

Do you give your baby breast (milk)?
Is your baby breast feeding?

Do not hesitate do give me as many way as possible that are ofen used.

And finally and I wanted to know if the following sentence was correct to ask somebody how long she's been pregnant:

How far gone are you?
Any other way to say that? Which one is the more common?

Thanks a lot folks and happy new year again!
johan
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How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant? Thu Jan 03, 2008 0:07 am  How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant?
 

johan wrote:
Do you give your baby breast milk?
Is your baby breast feeding?

You can say those, or you can say, "Do you nurse your baby?" or, "Are you nursing?" (And say "breast milk", not just "breast". Otherwise it sounds like a sexual joke.)

And finally and I wanted to know if the following sentence was correct to ask somebody how long she's been pregnant:

johan wrote:
How far gone are you?
Any other way to say that? Which one is the more common?

Johan, you CAN'T say it like that! When you ask how far gone someone is, it means they're in an ugly process of dying!

You can say,

"How long have you been pregnant?"
"How long have you been expecting?"

or you can say,

"When is the baby due?"

But make sure you don't ask ANY of those questions to a woman who is not pregnant!
Jamie (K)
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How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant? Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:16 am  How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant?
 

All right, thank you very much Jamie.

Jamie (K) wrote:
When you ask how far gone someone is, it means they're in an ugly process of dying!

Embarassed so if you ask how far gone someone is, does it mean how long the person has been sick or how much longer the person will live?
johan
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How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant? Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:19 am  How to feed a baby? / How long have you been pregnant?
 

johan wrote:
Jamie (K) wrote:
When you ask how far gone someone is, it means they're in an ugly process of dying!

Embarassed so if you ask how far gone someone is, does it mean how long the person has been sick or how much longer the person will live?

It means, "How much have you deteriorated?"
Jamie (K)
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Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 4337
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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