We've had this discussion recently but here's another thing

[Firemom]

From PEOPLE MAGAZINE:

Denise Richards, 33, will appear nude in the December issue of Playboy,the actress tells USA Today. She said the shoot, which took place in the Bahamas last month, was encouraged by her husband, Charlie Sheen, who even helped
pick out the final photos for publication. "He was very supportive," she says. "Charlie's been a Playboy fan for years." As for appearing nude six months after having a baby (the Sheens have a daughter, Sam), Richards did admit to
a fear of sagging breasts, and therefore stopped breastfeeding. "I felt like I was still pregnant," she says. "You're trapped when you always have this
kid attached to your boob."


I find this very sad

[LovinMyKids]

Incredibly sad. I, for one, feel it is an incredible blessing to "always have this kid attached to my boob". Oh, and newsflash, stopping breastfeeding isn't going to stop the boobs from sagging!!

[marisa724]

The more I read the more I'm thinking something's not right there. I'm sorry if anyone reading this posed for Playboy 6 months PP but I can't think of anything trashier at the moment.

Charlie Sheen always seemed a little skanky to me, but Denise Richards kind of resembles my hubby's sister, so I always wanted to like her. Not so much, anymore.

[AngelBee]

I've breastfeed two beautiful babies, both child lead weaning. One at 13 months and one at 19 months. Would have gladly gone longer but they were not interested. Ds edd 10/25/04 so I'll be starting all over.

Not to brag but, my breasts are much perkier than some of my friends who formula feed so that they "could get back to a normal life" Ok................................................ .........so I am bragging!

[loving-my-babies]

can someone tell me why she bothered to have kids?

Why is she showing the world what a lousy parent she is? at least hide it! how can she not be ashamed of herself for portraiting motherhood as a bother? urgh... not necessarily about breastfeeding, but about making it sound like being a mom is such a pain.

[ledzepplon]

Hmmm . . . so it's more important to have perfect strangers gawk at your breasts than use them to feed the child you brought into this world? Okay . . .

[Tanibani]

I saw her at my local supermarket when she was pg months ago. I was newly pg (not showing) and held back the urge to run up to her and tell her about my painless birth experience with HypnoBirthing. : I didn't want to appear like a crazied stalker.

Anyway, I feel sorry for her.

It's ironic that she weaned (and won't have that intense physical bonding that comes from BFing) but instead she'll use her body in bring "joy" to millions of men (strangers). Not her own flesh and blood. It's just not "right." It's just sad.

And I hate the way I sound - judgemental. Because I really don't pass judgement on people who wean or won't BF (for whatever reason - well reasoned or not.)

In that People article, she said she felt so much energy when she weaned at 6 weeks. Yeah, the first 6 weeks ARE exhausting (FF or BFing) because your body is still recuperating from the birth! It was just a natural outcome! She could have kept nursing and her energy would have returned.

But now we learn of the true reason - fear of saggy boobs.

Well, it is true, my baby IS attached to my boob a lot during the day (thanks to my sling) but thankfully I have great milk to give her!

2ndly, my perky boobs did NOT sag after BFing my DS for 3.5 yrs. They did sag after I went braless during the last few month of this pg. So what?

[LadyWulf]

ummmmm...i have never BFed and my boobs SAG a LOT. I plan to BF the next one no matter what and most definately wouldn't wean because i wanted to pose nude.

[Meiri]

Considering that at 6 months the baby would still be nursing alot and thus her breasts would be full, and therefor bigger....

I think she made the stupid choice if sag is what she wanted to avoid. Last time I checked, they sag more when "empty"....

[soccerchic21]

My breasts got bigger every month! DD is now 14 months and they are just now starting to sag...BIG DEAL!

It just bugs me that these people are RICH and complain about this stuff!

When DD was 6 weeks old I went back to work full time and got to take her with me...sounds cool but really I was working 2 jobs at the same time and it was really tiring. Then I had to come home and then take care of my household cleaning and cooking. Don't get me wrong DH did help too but still we didn't hire a nanny or a housekeeper.

GRRRR

Oh and I breastfed the whole time with "the kid attached to my boob"

[Mrs Dimples]

That makes me sad to hear. That might be the kind of thing I could understand coming from someone who has never had a child, but it is hard for me to understand how a MOTHER could be so dismissive about something so important and so...innate. I am sad for her and sad for her baby. I just hope that someday she realizes what they are both missing and any future children she gives birth to can reap the benefits.

[HelloKitty]

What a horribly selfish reason to stop BFing! This makes me so sad, not just for her babe but for wonen that might read that crap and then actually believe that breast feeding causes sagging. I hope hers drag down to her knees! (I know mean and judgmental but... so what )

[MA mommy]

Glad she is putting her needs before the baby :rollyeyes Hope she saves that quote for the baby book. You can have all that money and not be very educated.

[Peppamint]

Wow, that IS sad.

BTW... I breastfed dd until she was 20 mo and my boobs sagged for awhile cause they were empty I guess. Then they perked up again! Now they're just soft and almost perky and I'm assuming after ds weans they'll sag then get perky again. :

Either way, my boobies have nourished my two kids for over 36 months and I'm proud of that.

I can't imagine denying my own child breastmilk so that I could pose for a magazine so men around the world could jack off while looking at my nude body. JMO of course!

[MA mommy]

Originally Posted by busybusymomma

Wow, that IS sad.
I can't imagine denying my own child breastmilk so that I could pose for a magazine so men around the world could jack off while looking at my nude body. JMO of course!

The things people will do when they don't have any other talents Too bad she couldn't be cool like Sarah Jessica Parker or another nursing celebrity.

[Changed]

People like Denise Richards are the very reason that breastfeeding is so misunderstood. If a woman in the public eye (by choice I might add) is sending out the message that posing for a skanky porno mag is the best use to make of your newly postpartum breast, what can we really expect Americans to think about the benefits of breastfeeding? She makes it sound like it was more important to have her newly nipped and tucked body pleasing men the world over than to nourish her child. Judging from her tone, and oh yes I am, she's the kind of mother that in the REAL world child services would need to know about. But, she's married to a celebrity and there are no standards for them. Anyone heard that Brad Paisley song? lol!

[loving-my-babies]

I totally agree, MHL. I hope that baby at least has a wonderful, loving nanny that gives him what he is not receiving otherwise from his own mom.

[mikeynabbysmommy]

Awww that poor baby. His mothers priorities suck. it makes me so sad to live in this country sometimes. People say the stupidest things about breastfeeding and see it as a curse or a inconvenience. I know it sounds so judgemental but its not meant to, but if your baby is that much of an inconvenience, do you really need babies? Because Teenagers are worse, and seeing the way people just brush off their babies and children... they never seem realize how much love and attention that teens need to (albeit in a totally different form)

So what if my boobs are best buds with my knees, my child is well nourished. Buy a push up bra. And embrace it as sexy, heck playboy edits things anyways, so even if they were saggy.... they would have airbrushed it all out!!! It makes me sad, people always ask me why I dont consider plastic surgery to get rid of my stretch marks (I have them bad) and I say that my husband finds them sexy and so do I. People need to embrace the imperfections that come with childbearing as a gift, rather than a curse. Be thankful you were blessed with a child!

ok : I better put my soapbox away

[gotmilkmama]

So being pregnant and bf'ing your newborn is like being trapped!?! Hmmm. An abusive relationship can allow you to feel trapped. A bad job can bring feelings of being trapped. How about women everywhere that countless times try to have a baby and can't!!??!! That's trapped! Not a beautiful baby that just wants to be close to her mama. She really doesn't get how lucky she is to have a baby.

Doesn't she know that when she's 70 years old and wrinkled that what really matters in life is that you loved your children the best you could and now they are loving their children the same way...Not that grandma was naked in a magazine!

[Greaseball]

Why does she have to do Playboy? Is she broke? Are people starting to forget who she is? I wonder if both the mag and the weaning (and the elective c-sec ) were really done at the insistence of her dh. Maybe he has threatened to leave her or something lame like that.

I bet her child ends up in boarding school right from 1st grade on, since s/he is obviously such an inconvenience to Richards. Come to think of it, it's really hard to type while this kid is attached to my boob all the time. If only I weren't bfing, I could spend more time on the computer! Maybe I could look for nude photos of Denise Richards and find her e-mail address and tell her that her c-sec scar ruins the whole image.