By Megan Holterback
 Earlier
this week, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. So as the proud
momma that I am, I sent out an announcement email to all of the
world that I know. Along with the email I attached a few photos
of our baby and family, one of which was just a few hours after
birth with me nursing our boy and holding our 20 month old.
Immediately I started receiving loving messages of
congratulations. I also received an email from my sister,
that in her own wit, teased me about sending a picture of my
boobs and ended the email with "oh, gross". We emailed back and
forth a bit, bantering light heartedly about it. But in the end,
all jokes aside, I was frankly hurt that she saw this beautiful
family portrait as "gross".
The picture I thought I sent was a woman, only hours after birth,
bright eyed and smiling, nurturing her newborn on one side and
holding his proud big sister on the other. I thought it was
tasteful enough to send not only to all of my friends and family,
but also to all of my co-workers.
There was a bit of the top of my breast showing but not any of
my nipple or areola. The picture my sister received was just a
nasty old "boob shot". The amount of skin I was showing was not
even close to how much skin trendy shirts young teens nowadays
wear. Look at the covers of magazines and you'll see models and
actresses showing most of their breasts and we say, "Wow, she
looks hot in that".
A woman breastfeeding and using her boobs for what they were made
for, hardly showing any skin and people think "oh, gross". Well,
if nurturing my baby is gross, then I guess I am, and I have no
intentions of being apologetic about it. Caution to the person
who approaches me in public scouring about my breastfeeding. If
they don't want an earful from me about the many benefits of
breastfeeding, then they can opt for the not so nice, nor so PC,
version from my very supportive, yet hot headed, husband. I love
you, honey.
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