I voted. You know what is making me so sick? I read another article on CNN and a woman states, "I just think it's one of those moments that should stay between a mother and her child." Okay, so does that mean she thinks mothers should stayed holed up at home and never go out until the baby weans? It irritates me so much. I nurse Gavin where ever I happen to be. I have on occasion went to the car, where I don't have to worry about someone seeing my boob. (I am pretty large, so there is a big chance that someone may see a little flesh). It just makes me so crazy to think that nursing is considered gross. Thanks for listening to my little rant.
Rant away! You have stumbled upon a Pro-Breastfeeding blog! (I have many rants of a similar nature recently, since the brouhaha with the LJ discrimination controversy).
I heard about that woman. She's a supposed 'breastfeeder' being quoted in the media - boob_nazis has a recent post about her. She breastfed for, like, four weeks and mostly used a bottle & supplementation anyway. And *she's* speaking for breastfeeders?
I did the dreaded once - I nursed in a Walmart bathroom because I couldn't find a chair to nurse anywhere else. Never again. Ever. If people saw more positive images of healthy breastfeeding children, we wouldn't have this problem in our society. I nurse proudly whenever and wherever my baby gets hungry. I don't flaunt my boobies, but I do care for my child. It makes me sick, too, and one of my missions is to fight that ignorance.
The real, underlying problem here is that we are a sexually repressed society. Bodies are ::bad::, sex is evil and omg brestfeeding in public is soooooo grossssssss!!!!!
Images of healthy breastfeeding babies won't change anything, I fear, unless the underlying stigma about sexuality is removed.
Now you're right - therein lies a problem. To me, there is nothing sexual about feeding my children.
I still think if we had better education and more healthy images, we'd be in less of a rut. Perhaps then less than, what was it, 70% or something say they've fed formula to their babies? That's just not right!
Educate the masses to realize that boobs were meant for babies, not men's pleasure. *gasp!* I seriously believe that the rampant formula feeding in this country contributes to the growing number of developmental disabilities (ADD & autism, anyone?) as well as horrible crime rates. These are unsubstantiated claims, but I believe it.
You know what is making me so sick? I read another article on CNN and a woman states, "I just think it's one of those moments that should stay between a mother and her child." Okay, so does that mean she thinks mothers should stayed holed up at home and never go out until the baby weans? It irritates me so much. I nurse Gavin where ever I happen to be. I have on occasion went to the car, where I don't have to worry about someone seeing my boob. (I am pretty large, so there is a big chance that someone may see a little flesh). It just makes me so crazy to think that nursing is considered gross.
Thanks for listening to my little rant.
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I heard about that woman. She's a supposed 'breastfeeder' being quoted in the media - boob_nazis has a recent post about her. She breastfed for, like, four weeks and mostly used a bottle & supplementation anyway. And *she's* speaking for breastfeeders?
I did the dreaded once - I nursed in a Walmart bathroom because I couldn't find a chair to nurse anywhere else. Never again. Ever. If people saw more positive images of healthy breastfeeding children, we wouldn't have this problem in our society. I nurse proudly whenever and wherever my baby gets hungry. I don't flaunt my boobies, but I do care for my child. It makes me sick, too, and one of my missions is to fight that ignorance.
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Images of healthy breastfeeding babies won't change anything, I fear, unless the underlying stigma about sexuality is removed.
Rotsa ruck. But I'm with ya, in general.
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I still think if we had better education and more healthy images, we'd be in less of a rut. Perhaps then less than, what was it, 70% or something say they've fed formula to their babies? That's just not right!
Educate the masses to realize that boobs were meant for babies, not men's pleasure. *gasp!* I seriously believe that the rampant formula feeding in this country contributes to the growing number of developmental disabilities (ADD & autism, anyone?) as well as horrible crime rates. These are unsubstantiated claims, but I believe it.
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