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So this might come as a shock, but that’s why you have breasts.
An editor of a parenting magazine in England ignited a firestorm with her assessment of breastfeeding as “creepy.”
From the UK Guardian:
Under the headline “I formula fed. So what?”, Kathryn Blundell says in this month’s Mother & Baby that she bottlefed her child from birth because “I wanted my body back. (And some wine)… I also wanted to give my boobs at least a chance to stay on my chest rather than dangling around my stomach.”
She goes on to say: “They’re part of my sexuality, too – not just breasts, but fun bags. And when you have that attitude (and I admit I made no attempt to change it), seeing your teeny, tiny, innocent baby latching on where only a lover has been before feels, well, a little creepy.”
Heh. You weren’t creeped out by birthing the kid, but feeding him is a problem?
More:
She concedes that “there are all the studies that show [breastfeeding] reduces the risk of breast cancer for you, and stomach upsets and allergies for your baby. But even the convenience and supposed health benefits of breast milk couldn’t induce me to stick my nipple in a bawling baby’s mouth.”
She continues: “I don’t think I’m the only one, either – only 52% of mums still breastfeed after six weeks. Ask most of the quitters why they stopped and you’ll hear tales of agonising three-hour feeding sessions and – the drama! – bloody nipples. But I often wonder whether many of these women, like me, just couldn’t be fagged or felt like getting tipsy once in a while.”
The drama, indeed. Breastfeeding does more than prevent allergies. According to the May issue of the American Journal of Physiology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, breast milk triggers immune protection by improving gene function. Yes, genetic function.
Read the rest at politicaljunkie Mom. It’s absolutely fascinating.
(And not the least bit creepy).
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Carol 5:57 AM on 06/28/2010 Permalink |
I nursed both of my children well past the first year. I never felt like breastfeeding interfered with my life in anyway. The creepy thing is that Blundell would even equate nursing with sex. The thought never occurred to me. Sounds like she has a screw loose.
archer52 7:41 AM on 06/28/2010 Permalink |
She’s British. That answers the question of loose screws. The Queen, Charles, Camila, Elton, Londonstan, NHS and warm beer, the whole place has nothing but loose screws rolling around the steel floor.
Noisy and quite dangerous as you could slip stepping on one.
Lara 8:44 AM on 06/28/2010 Permalink |
“Fun bags” – indeed. Explains the urge to fill them with silicone and salt water…ugh! And I completely agree – equating nursing with sex is in fact the creepy part. (LOL, archer – but don’t knock warm beer!).
pjMom 10:20 AM on 06/28/2010 Permalink |
Carol, I’m still nursing. I find it fascinating that Blundell and other products of the “feminist” movement have such blinders on and can only perceive the sexualized aspects of their bodies. What a shame, really, because I’ve learned a new appreciation for myself as a mom that she’ll miss out on entirely.
Ricky Vines 1:26 PM on 06/28/2010 Permalink |
As a father of four, I have learned a lot about mother’s milk and how it makes the baby smarter and stronger in fighting disease. The newer baby formulas even tries to replicate the proteins in mother’s milk. Also, aren’t breasts called mamary glands because of mothering functions. To put it plainly, that’s what boobs are for. With the focus on looks and implants and yes erogenous stimulation, people forget the purpose of stuff and ultimately of life itself. Selfishness is immaturity and immaturity is stunted growth and development. That is what is creepy – imho.
Jill 5:41 AM on 06/29/2010 Permalink |
Amen. And how offensive and just plain stupid is fun bags? What a way for a woman to view, and characterize, her own breasts. That’s what feminism hath wrought, I guess. Now we can objectify and denigrate ourselves and our bodies as much as those men we resented for objectifying and denigrating us.
And I guess a baby is supposed to be another means to fun.
PJM, I hastily wrote a bit about this yesterday morning without seeing what you had written. I swear I didn’t copy you.
pjMom 8:31 AM on 06/29/2010 Permalink |
Jill, I never thought you did in the first place–don’t be silly.
And I, too, wondered re her decision to even have a baby. I mean, that’s a whole 10 months sans the bubbly in her mind. (To say nothing of the changes Junior wrought on her fun bags, er body, during pregnancy itself). And I agree re look at how far we’ve come…
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