Comments on: Posting photos of my own breasts for the Greater Good As I See It http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kellie @threelilprincesses.com http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2833 Kellie @threelilprincesses.com Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:18:54 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2833 Such a brilliant post. I love that there's so much talk about ALL experiences with feeding. I was so fortunate that it came pretty easy for me, but have been surrounded by lots of mum friends who have had vastly different experiences. Thanks for sharing yours so openly. xx Such a brilliant post. I love that there’s so much talk about ALL experiences with feeding. I was so fortunate that it came pretty easy for me, but have been surrounded by lots of mum friends who have had vastly different experiences. Thanks for sharing yours so openly. xx
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]]> By: bubandpie http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2830 bubandpie Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:20:20 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2830 You caught the first egg! That's awesome. I had one period between pregnancies - missed the first egg, caught the second. You caught the first egg! That’s awesome. I had one period between pregnancies – missed the first egg, caught the second.

]]> By: Miscellaneous-Mum http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2829 Miscellaneous-Mum Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2829 Babyamore/Trish - wow, what a legend you are!!! Maddy - Thanks for commenting and the well wishes Babyamore/Trish – wow, what a legend you are!!!
Maddy – Thanks for commenting and the well wishes

]]> By: Maddy http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2828 Maddy Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:28:28 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2828 Good for you [all] I breastfed all of mine and it was right pain, far more difficult than I was led to believe. Best wishes Good for you [all] I breastfed all of mine and it was right pain, far more difficult than I was led to believe.
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]]> By: Babyamore http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2827 Babyamore Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:53:50 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2827 "I know from personal experience the misery of forcing your body to do what it cannot do. This is what happens to some women. I know, and it kills them". Great Quote ! I have several friends experience this senario and I feel the same way.I commend your post . My heart was breaking for some of them who couldn't. I have been BFing my twins for 15 months and I get the stares now they aren't little babies anymore.Even the lovely MCHN asks me how many times I BF one twin - what does it matter.? I demand feed and he likes little drinks often. I will stand up and be counted too. It isn't about breasts vs bottles - but while I had to express for one twin for 5 months - as he refused to BF, I was very conscious of being judged - they weren't to know whether EBM or formula or why but I conctantly felt the pressure to explain. I was relieved the day we ditched the bottles and went straight to breast. Trish - hey I am Trish too and I love that image of a neck sore from baby gazing. “I know from personal experience the misery of forcing your body to do what it cannot do. This is what happens to some women. I know, and it kills them”. Great Quote !

I have several friends experience this senario and I feel the same way.I commend your post . My heart was breaking for some of them who couldn’t.

I have been BFing my twins for 15 months and I get the stares now they aren’t little babies anymore.Even the lovely MCHN asks me how many times I BF one twin – what does it matter.? I demand feed and he likes little drinks often.

I will stand up and be counted too. It isn’t about breasts vs bottles – but while I had to express for one twin for 5 months – as he refused to BF, I was very conscious of being judged – they weren’t to know whether EBM or formula or why but I conctantly felt the pressure to explain. I was relieved the day we ditched the bottles and went straight to breast.

Trish – hey I am Trish too and I love that image of a neck sore from baby gazing.

]]> By: Miscellaneous-Mum http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2826 Miscellaneous-Mum Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:53:17 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2826 Yes, T, you're right a lot of the furore is about the breasts and double-standards that are rife. Oh, that reminds me, I have a few photos of Keira doing the same! Oh, well, another time, I guess :) Trish - Sore neck from baby gazing? That's a lovely picture :) Yes, T, you’re right a lot of the furore is about the breasts and double-standards that are rife.

Oh, that reminds me, I have a few photos of Keira doing the same! Oh, well, another time, I guess :)

Trish – Sore neck from baby gazing? That’s a lovely picture :)

]]> By: Tracey http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2825 Tracey Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:39:19 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2825 I too went through hell and back to be able to breastfeed, and the only thing that kept me going was that despite my bleeding nipples (and bouts of mastitis too) my baby piranhas (particularly #1) were thriving. I knew mums who tried but couldn't - their babies weren't getting enough milk - and I also knew of dreadful things that were said to them. My experiences thus caused me to avoid the breastfeeding associations, but I will stand here and be counted among those who demand the right for mothers to be able to feed their babies in public, and not hidden away in the likes of shopping centre toilets. I will also stand here and say that I reckon all the palava about the 'positioning' is mostly a load of bollocks. You either have tough tits or you don't. I didn't. (Skin specialist confirmed it.. I get chafed lips. I got chafed nipples.) I fed mine till around 8 months - by then the teeth, and the 'on, off, on, off' of a distracted and alert baby were too much for my tender nipples. Your photos, K, also show that breastfeeding is not about flaunting breasts and tits... which is another hot issue on the internet at the moment, with some blog hosting sites apparently removing photos of mums breastfeeding because of a little bit of flesh being shown. What breasts? one might ask, because you can see less of them than if you were in a swimming costume on the beach! I did make sure I got a photo of me feeding each one of my bubs, but they are all pre-digital era, and I'd have to hunt through photo albums and scan them in. My all time favourite one is #1, at 2 years of age, sitting alongside me as I breastfed her baby sister. She has her top hoiked up and she is breastfeeding her teddy. I too went through hell and back to be able to breastfeed, and the only thing that kept me going was that despite my bleeding nipples (and bouts of mastitis too) my baby piranhas (particularly #1) were thriving. I knew mums who tried but couldn’t – their babies weren’t getting enough milk – and I also knew of dreadful things that were said to them.

My experiences thus caused me to avoid the breastfeeding associations, but I will stand here and be counted among those who demand the right for mothers to be able to feed their babies in public, and not hidden away in the likes of shopping centre toilets.

I will also stand here and say that I reckon all the palava about the ‘positioning’ is mostly a load of bollocks. You either have tough tits or you don’t. I didn’t. (Skin specialist confirmed it.. I get chafed lips. I got chafed nipples.) I fed mine till around 8 months – by then the teeth, and the ‘on, off, on, off’ of a distracted and alert baby were too much for my tender nipples.

Your photos, K, also show that breastfeeding is not about flaunting breasts and tits… which is another hot issue on the internet at the moment, with some blog hosting sites apparently removing photos of mums breastfeeding because of a little bit of flesh being shown. What breasts? one might ask, because you can see less of them than if you were in a swimming costume on the beach!

I did make sure I got a photo of me feeding each one of my bubs, but they are all pre-digital era, and I’d have to hunt through photo albums and scan them in. My all time favourite one is #1, at 2 years of age, sitting alongside me as I breastfed her baby sister. She has her top hoiked up and she is breastfeeding her teddy.

]]> By: Trish http://miscmum.com/2007/10/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2824 Trish Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:16:19 +0000 http://www.miscmum.com/2007/10/posting-photos-of-my-own-breasts-for-the-greater-good-as-i-see-it/#comment-2824 Oh, I'd forgotten about love bites. About trying to slip my pinky finger into the side of her mouth to break the seal so I could re-attach her to the right spot. Of curling my toes as she took her first few sucks on my bleeding nipple. Crying, sobbing as she screamed because neither of us knew what the hell we were doing. I also remember the sore neck from just staring down at her perfect little face, her cheeks sucking in and out, her little fingers resting on my breast... if you can persevere, it's worth it. But I can totally understand why it's not for everyone. Oh, I’d forgotten about love bites. About trying to slip my pinky finger into the side of her mouth to break the seal so I could re-attach her to the right spot. Of curling my toes as she took her first few sucks on my bleeding nipple. Crying, sobbing as she screamed because neither of us knew what the hell we were doing.

I also remember the sore neck from just staring down at her perfect little face, her cheeks sucking in and out, her little fingers resting on my breast… if you can persevere, it’s worth it. But I can totally understand why it’s not for everyone.

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