OT - Woman kicked off plane for breastfeeding
 

This has been in the news lately. And generally speaking, I wouldn't post about it here. However, my attention was brought to a blog that is so funny I just had to share it for a weekend chuckle.

It's called

I've been following this story too. Its so sad that so many people in the USA (and other parts of the world) have sexualized breasts to the point that they can't remember their purpose - nourishing and nurturing children!

This sort of thing just disgusts the heck out of me. I got into a debate on another forum with some men who thought it was disgusting that women breastfeed in public. They just couldn't see the ridiculousness of their arguments. One woman said that a woman sitting next to her in a movie theater was breastfeeding so she stared at her until she left. That sort of thing just infuriates me! What is wrong with people?

That is hilarious! Very well written and with such an interesting perspective. I loved the part about Victoria Secrets!

I have a funny story about this as well. After my first child was born, I went to the airport to pick up my mother-in-law and introduce her to our newborn. She looked at Robbie and blurted out "This baby is jaundice"!! Of course, I knew nothing about jaundice, I just thought he had good coloring.

Anyhow, we rushed to the hospital, and I was in the waiting room waiting for Robbie to be "re-admitted" to be under the lights. I was actually in the waiting room of the brand new "Fairfax County Women and Children Center". The doctor had told me that breast feeding helps to clear the billirubin so I tucked myself into a corner to breastfeed while I was waiting to be admitted. And as you can guess, a huge security guard started giving me a hard time about breastfeeding and he just wouldn't go away. I kept telling him to basically "go away" but he kept hounding me to the point that I told him "PLEASE go talk to the hospital administrators and THEN come back". The whole thing was hugely stressful for a first time mother. (Also, as you can imagine, I was raging with Celiacs at the time so I wasn't exactly healthy and "cool as a cucumber"). I meant to write a letter since the whole situation was so absurd, but I got immersed in new baby tasks and I think I was pretty out of it from the Celiacs anyhow.

Grace

Yes, when I was pregnant with my first baby, my mother was fully supportive of my desire to breastfeed... in a back room where no one could see. :( (I was due about 3 months before Christmas).

I informed her that I would not be stuck in a back room, missing out on all the socializing, just because my baby got hungry. Her reply was, "Well, I would come and sit with you!"

She meant well but... sigh...

Anyway, fast forward that and after that first Christmas went by uneventfully, she has become one of my biggest supporters.

We had another incident like that when dd was about 3. She said that she thought maybe it was time to stop nursing her. I told her that I would stop nursing her when she (dd) and I agreed on it and not before. That was the end of that discussion.

With my second child, she was completely supportive all the way through. And now with my third, everything is just 'normal'.

It's taken my Mom a lot of years to get this comfortable and it's taken me being very strong about it. Funny, my step-Dad and his family (parents) were totally supportive from the beginning and never said a word... but I think it's because his Mom bf'd both him and his two brothers.

It's a familiarity thing... I think. :rolleyes:

Finally got around to read this. I've been so busy with company and the new puppy.

I guess I was lucky as I had two older sister's as breastfeeding role models, so my own family was supportive, of course. My mother never breastfed any of us, but she said not many people really did then.

I always did use a burbing cloth to sort of cover and add discretion. I breast fed in public on occasion but usually looked for a bench off the beaten bath. I never stooped to sitting on a toilet to breast feed my baby. And I didn't leave to room to breastfeed at family gatherings, unless I felt the baby needed a quieter environment.

I was the "first mom" on my husband's side. I think one out of three SIL's breast fed their baby, and one finally tried it for her fourth child. I think it is so strange how one can be influenced by the people around them in some ways. I never even gave thought to NOT breastfeeding my baby.

I only breastfed my son for three months, though, because I went back to work full time. I'd probably do that differently. My daughters both got over a year.

Thanks for posting that Kim. It was an entertaining read.

Cara