Observations

House on Red Corner · 2005-09-30

Nathan dropped Eliza-Jane off with me at work last night so he could have coffee with some friends and just be a grown-up for a while.

EJ got hungry. I was working with the medical director at the agency. He’s an MD and he’s European, so he didn’t bat an eye when I popped her on my breast and continued to discuss the role of adenosine in platelet aggregation and how best to express it to pharmaceutical reps. In contrast, an American and a Japanese rapidly exited when they saw what was going on: almost fell over trying to walk backwards too quickly.

It really is a terrible shame that the breast has been fetishized to the extent that breastfeeding makes both mothers and others uncomfortable. I can only do my part: breastfeed brazenly.

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