Extended bf pic

[VictorianSqualor]

Don't know if this has been linked before but isn't the picture in this article lovely?

Well, thanks for keeping me company while I backed up the photos on my PC, ladies.

Maybe when OBM wakes up she'll see I wasn't intending to upset her and I have apologised for however she took what I said.

Maybe.

Night all.

By hunkermunker on Mon 14-Jul-08 23:59:49
She certainly doesn't look like she'd be a centrefold if the children were removed - she's, as Slur says, too "fuck you" for that.

I get the impression that were the photo to not have two children in it she'd have her hands over her breasts personally.

As for the whole Vs did/didn't crap, although I needn't I shall explain my exact thoughts whilst I posted this thread.

VS sits on pooter.
VS reads thread on netmums that ahs descended into absolute nonsense with a lot of very intelligent ladies saying 'ewwwwwww'.
VS thinks, oh grow up and get a grip, it's just a picture and she is only BFing.
VS thinks Mumsnet would appreciate this more.
VS copies URL and posts onto a thread saying 'Don't know if this has been linked before but isn't the picture in this article lovely?'
VS later mentions pic to Hunker on another thread as a similar conversation has arisen.
VS goes back to real life and all hell breaks lose.

hey, some of us look sexy all the time, we cant help it you know. just grew up that way. what are we supposed to do? not bf?

i think its a lovely picture, and it does no harm at all to show young women that all sorts of woman bf, even smart, sexy, gap advery types. not just lentil weavers in flat shoes and swishy skirts

The only thing I can see when I look at this picture is her perfect stomach

look half way through the address when you click on the link ... i read it as "poor vagina"

without being critical AT ALL, please can I ask why people carry on with ebf? I've always stopped at about a year, and I was told that ebf can lead to anaemia, but I would appreciate some non - defensive information?

I carried on beyond a year because my children wanted to continue breastfeeding and I was happy to let them.

stroppyknickers - if you carry on giving only breastmilk and no solids, then yes, there is a risk of anaemia. But not if breastfeeding is continued alongside solids...do you think you have heard wrong? Vast majority of babies bf beyond a year are also having other foods.

I have carried on because dd has continued to ask for it every day, and I haven't yet come up with a good enough reason to refuse.

stroppy - was the risk of anaemia supposed to be for the mother or the child?

Hunker - have never seen that site before, thank you so much for posting it. Bloody amazing

Love the other picture too.

for the child, think it was something to do with the added vitamins in formula? So, (genuinely curious)is ebf a bonding or nutrition thing, or both? sorry, being v nosey.

I see, stroppy. What tiktok said in that case.

It's both. But it's not something that you actively start doing - it's simply a continuation of the care that you have given your child from birth. A more interesting question might be what makes mothers stop when their children want to continue.

I stopped because mine lost interest, so i never really thought about a cut off point. It's just with toddlers, I've never done it, so am curious/open minded to know more.

I think some just lose interest later than others.

thankyou! might do some more research.

That is indeed a very interesting question, but one that is quite difficult to ask (without a basket of buns to the ready )

I certainly don't mean to suggest that I think there is anything wrong with stopping early - of course there are plenty of good reasons. It's just that you have to take an active decision to do it, so it makes more sense to me to ask why someone has stopped than why they have carried on. Which is of course the reverse of what usually happens.

LOL Fio. I showed my DH and he said "Ugh.. why is she breast feeding those great big children?" (note to all: I am not responsible/accountable/nor do I necessarily share the views of my husband)..

..followed by "..and what's with the "come to bed" expresssion while she does it?!"

That's one male view anyway..

This thread is like a really interesting arts lesson.
We are looking at the same object but seeing completely different things.

Kay's facial expression has been interpreted as smug, bored, detached from her boys,
defiant and come hither / provocative.

I think her expression is simply that of a mother who is breastfeeding, nothing more, nothing less.
It's similar to the cat in VVVQ's video actually.

The way she looks at the camera certainly undermindes the 'come hither' argument:
The classic seduction face is eyes wide open (suggests innocence, vulnerability and surprise) and full lips slightly apart (suggests a blow job).
Kay's eyes are half-closed. Her lips are firmly pressed together.
Not much sexual intent there, let alone the cliched variety.

There is sexiness in this picture but it all comes down to one thing:
Kay is an attractive woman. Attractive people tend to look sexy with or without trope.

Blimey DaddyJ - you obviously watch a lot more soft porn than me (that wouldn't be difficult admittedly).

There is a long history of rather more subtle "come hither" looks to camera/viewer which have usually been understood as overtly sexual (here are the Titian Venus and Manet's Olympia again as examples). To me this picture is clearly playing on that tradition.