talking about breasts

While I was pregnant, I happened to be sitting between two mothers at my book club. One mother had a 2 year old, and the other mother had a two month old. The newer mother was asking questions about breastfeeding, and the more experienced mother was giving advice.  I swear, I listened to them talk about breasts for 30 minutes straight.

So now my son is two months old (Sunday!), and here is my obligatory post about breasts.

It is much easier now to breastfeed in a public place - now that he’s a little bit older, he can latch on so much better, and stay on, that I can much more discreetly manage the whole nipple-in-the-mouth business.

No, I haven’t gotten any grief for showing my breast in public.  My breasts were always large, and now (if you can believe) they are larger, and I am not really a fan of displaying them for the world to mock - I prefer to mock them myself in the privacy of my own home.   So I choose the darkest corner of the restaurant, or a secluded bench in the park, or I’ve even sat on a public bathroom floor.   I would much rather do this in the privacy of a dirty public bathroom than in a crowded public area.

Again, again with me being somehow apologetic that I’m not a militant feminist.  I know breasts aren’t obscene, and women should be able to show them for breastfeeding, no problem.  However, I think it’s like the freedom of speech - just because we can do something (speak out against someone, or show our breasts) doesn’t mean we always should.

And, I’ve just this past week started to feed him while I work at the computer.   More blog posts, less reading of books*.

*Since the book post, I’ve read a biography of Robert E Lee, a book of short stories by Flannery O’Connor, and I’m halfway through Jackson’s Dilemma by Iris Murdoch.

Posted by Marie on October 2nd, 2008 under Uncategorized

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