Extended bf pic

[VictorianSqualor]

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

She has given birth to three children? WHERE'S THE MUMMY TUMMY?!

i'll tell you why i think they did it like that maidamess...

i think that what they have done is undoubtedly use the visual language of 'sexy' (as opposed to erotic or pornographic) photography, the kind of thing we see a zillion times in magazines, album covers etc etc etc.

i think that they did that in order to get us to look, and then on our second glance we'll see 'oh, look, she's bfing two children'. and then we'll go on to have an opinion on the photo.

my opinion, for what it's worth, is that it is purposely designed to confront our prejudices about what nursing women should look like, and i applaud it for that reason.

Well i am still bfing my dd's who are 4 and 2 in August and i am quite often found with no pj top on giving them a bf before bed.

I only wish i was as bloody stunning as her

Don't see anything wrong with the pic.

I don't "look lovingly" at my 2 dd's all the time tbh. I am busy chatting to my ds's or dh or watching telly. Just because shes not looking at them does not mean she is not connected and loving feeding them.

The pic is extreme i think but why should she not look sexy when bfing?

No, you didnt say specifically that maida - but I am addressing general negative consensus rather than you as an individual.

IMO, anything that challenges the staid stereotypes of b/feeding mothers is a good thing.

I dont appreciate pressure that media puts on schleb mothers to look like they'd never squeezed a baby out of their fanjo/belly etc. A woman should be able to feel comfortable about her own body and what she does with it. There is no need for b/feeding mothers to cover up any more than they should feel they have to squeeze straight back into their size 8 jeans a week after giving birth. The more pictures - as many and varied as you like - of b/feeding mothers the better. A woman has the right to feel good about herself - whatever she is doing. That includes b/feeding.

Thanks Aitch. I think thats what I've been trying to say all along, in my usual cack handed way.

Perhaps I should have used the phrase'challenging' rather than provocative' which seems to mean I want all bf done under a shroud. So I don't have to confront my body 'ishoos'

How would I photograph a woman feeding two toddlers? In a much more documentary style and a lot less 'hair and makeup' style.

Well, not quite maidamess, because you said you felt it didnt help the cause, whereas aitch is saying that what they are doing should be applauded.

Unless you did mean that all along? I really do think you have ishoos of some kind - although probably they are saying what you mean or meaning what you say

aGal, I rarely look lovingly at my children whilst feeding.
In fact as I type, I'm feeding DS in boxers and a vest Mning and eating a roll, so not planning on looking at him til I realise he's stopped feeding and is probably asleep

Why though, beanie? Does it matter that she's had her hair done? Why does it need to be more 'documentary-style'? Am not trying to be provocative but am curious.

VVV I'm glad you are able to tell me what my issues are.

Lol - yes! After a few months of 'gazing lovingly' whilst b/feeding, you tend to get a stiff neck

It's just Not Possible to do that for 4 years continuously..........

I know! And it didnt cost you a penny for a quick 5 minute session on my couch

Now if you'll excuse me, my suspenders are chafing a little so I'm off to adjust them..

Enjoy your debate!

The first one is fine because it's a headless woman, and, she's wearing clothes and completely covered.

The second one is Not Okay. It is clearly taken in soft-focus, black and white, and is not a natural pose, or posed for a medical journal.

The third one - well, that's alright because she's clearly b/feeding in a third world country, and well, they've got no choice, have they? Plus she's fully clothed too, and upright

What about this?
She's 'gazingly gorgeous' instead of 'eye-contact-with camera hot'.

Is it the fishnets that does it?

Those women could do with a bed to lie on, poor boy is going to get a crook in his neck.