Salon's Broadsheet series....

[prettypixels]

If you're interested in Salon's latest post about breastfeeding (after the NY Times thing) check out this link...

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/...ing/index.html

I'm really astounded by all the people who laugh at breastfeeding, make fun, or just otherwise demean the whole process by saying how unimportant it is. I just don't get it. The whole time these folks are protesting about how they are being made to feel "bad" for not breastfeeding, they are making nasty comments about women who believe in breastfeeding. I thought the whole thing was supposed to be about promoting awareness, silly me!

Don't miss the comments at the end of the post...

[firstkid4me]

I LOVE this response

First, SUV Guilt, now THIS!!!!!
It's so hard to be an upper middle class or upper class mother in this country. I mean, do you know what a good stroller costs these And all those Pilates classes? Fat is so icky. And now I should feel guilty because I don't like my girls leaking all over the place, or I'm revolted at the prospect of them sagging to my waist like empty socks? Please.

Listen, this campaign isn't aimed at affluent women who tried to breastfeed and encountered insuperable difficulties, it's aimed at women who truly don't know how important the choice they're making is to their kids' welfare. It's aimed at people who don't have a stack of pregnancy books on their nightstand or access to a lactation consultant. In other words, not YOU.

Maybe your work situation truly precluded breastfeeding, even though some is better than nothing. But I still think that if you feel guilty, there's probably a reason. Maybe you've got body issues, maybe you're lazy, maybe it just seems like one more imposition.

Please do me a favor: Step aside and let this campaign do what it's intended to do--help our children, ALL of our children. For once, it's not about you, honey.

God forbid you should feel guilty.

-- subterraneanne

[mommyto3girls]

I just posted this (3 times actually, it kept not showing up, then suddenly it was there 3 times)

Babies deserve to be breastfed, that is a fact. They do not deserve to have artificial milk poured down their throats in most circumstances.

My third daughter was a terrible pregnancy, Nothing by mouth, IV's only for 6 months, premature birth followed by major surgery for me 7 days later, 12 weeks of unpaid maternity followed by full time employment. Yet, here she is, 13 months old and not a drop of formula has crossed her lips. I breastfed whenever possible and pumped my milk for her when I couldn't be with her. It is my responsibility to her as her mother to provide this health giving, obesity protecting, intelligence raising, diabetes preventing, nourishing liquid to her. She didn't ask to be brought into this world, I made the choice to have her and with that choice came the responsibility to always put her first. If I had wanted to remain #1 priority in my life I never would have had children.

[mfp02]

Do people not realize that your breasts mainly sag during pg, not after the fact? Granted, I do believe BFing made mine sag a teensy bit more, but they sagged a LOT during my pg's. So even if I had went FF'd my children, my breasts would still be hangin' low.

[REDBREAST]

I too loved the comment firstkid4me posted! At least most of the letters were BF friendly!!! Mommyto3girls, your letter made me cry and you wrote it beautifully! I am gald you posted it three times, even if it was an accident, cause people need to read it!!! I feel inspired to write a comment myself!