After thinking about why I'm so passionate about the subject, I have come up with a few reasons but the following is probably the biggest: I'm good at it. There are so many things involved in being a wife and mother and I will readily admit that I am not good at many things that others are pros at. Breastfeeding is one area that I feel like I am doing 100% right. That makes me incredibly proud of my relationship with Daniel.
If you read my previous post(s) about my struggles with breastfeeding you know this was not an easy journey for us at first. 4 very trying months passed before I was able to get in a groove. I'm so glad we pushed through together.
For that reason I love to help other women prepare and get through the rough times.
I also find it necessary to make sure mothers are not shamed for nursing in public (NIP). Our society has become way too sexual that individuals are no longer capable of compartmentalizing the nourishing act of breastfeeding from some form of nudity. It is absolutely possible! To go on without being too revealing, David has been able to do an excellent job at it. Our relationship is so strong because he supports my goals with breastfeeding without wondering when its going to stop because there is a relationship we have outside of breastfeeding that keeps both of us very happy.
I no longer NIP with a cover. First of all its summer and I'm not about to put Daniel under more layers when he doesn't need to be. Second, I do believe that more people need to see it in order to be more comfortable with it. It is not something immoral, immodest, gross, etc that needs to be hidden. It is entirely possible to do it without flashing everyone.
So I challenge you to look past what you might see as something immodest or along the lines of nudity and realize just what is really going on. It is simply a mother feeding a child and she is being a great mother by doing so.
Can someone honestly think these photos are bad?
2 comments:
100% agree, wonderful photos! We also had a tough first few months and around 6 months we were in a real groove so I know what you mean about being good at it.
Yay! Thank you for this post! I feel exactly the same way! I am especially excited to see that you are LDS and not afraid of breastfeeding uncovered! I have been nervous about nursing uncovered at church, but have decided it would be great for more people to do it!
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