So that's what they are for!!

It would seem only fitting that during World Breastfeed Week (http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org ) people would get all in an uproar about breastfeeding.

I started this blog after finding some other blogs by mothers writing about their lives. I read a few of them often and it was through this connection that I became aware of the cover of Babytalk magazine.

Not just the cover, which I think is wonderful, but the fact that people were so outraged by it that some actually went to the point of shredding the magazine so their children wouldn't see it.

Hello people! This is what boobs are for.

I did not breastfeed #1 son for very long. We stopped at six weeks and I still regret that. I was going through the most stressful time of my life and I didn't know that much about breastfeeding and what was happening. I still believe that this is part of the reason that he had so many problems with his health in those early years.

I was very lucky to be able to breastfeed the twins until they were 15 months old. I was trying to stop because of a vacation that we were going on and still regret that I felt pressures to stop at at that point. I went back to work the day that the twins turned six weeks old. I pumped every minute that there were not children in the classroom and I was very lucky in the fact that Mr. Husband brought the twins to me at lunchtime everyday. I was a milk machine.

I was a public nurser. I didn't have a problem with it but did try to be somewhat discreet which is very hard to do while nursing two people at one time. I still remember other mothers in the Mother's room at Babys R Us staring at me in disbelief. One women told me that she didn't know that you could feed two babies at one time. I have nursed in my classroom, in the car, at the mall and even in line for a kiddy ride at the state fair.

Now most people who know me know that I breastfeed the twins but I think that they would be surprised how over the top probreastfeeding I am. They would be shocked to see my reaction to the women that I saw just today. I was leaving Target with #1 son and I noticed a woman giving her baby a bottle. I really thought long and hard about what was in there. Was it expressed milk? Was she two embarrassed to nurse in public? Was it formula? Did she try nursing and just had so many problems that she gave up? Did she even try? Am I crazy to be thinking so much about this? (After brain injury in pool, maybe crazy.)

I loved the time spent nursing my children. I look forward to the times that I will nurse my next child. (No, I'm not pregnaunt and we are not trying.) I hope that my children will not be embarrassed at seeing someone nurse their children. That my children will know that this is what boobs are for.

Several bloogers have posted pictures of themselves breastfeeding and here is one of mine.

Me feeding the twins. #1 son is tucked under my right arm because he wanted to be close and snuggle. This was a daily occurrence for us, especially just after the school day. Middle child is the twin connected to boob with dark hair and Baby girl is the twin connected to boob with light hair.

To see other pictures of women breastfeeding please check out this post. It has several wonderful links to ordinary woman doing something regular, everyday.

http://wetfeet.typepad.com/wet_feet/2006/07/boobie_talk.html