
09/09/2024
My kind of ceramics! Why are doulas so obsessed with “anatomy”? Breasts, vulvas, vaginas, cervixes? I think it is because we see the hidden parts of our anatomy in all their glory and power, birthing and feeding small humans! (OK, maybe not cervixes…)
I was at a pre-natal the other day and the expectant parents were commenting that the online pre-natal courses from the hospital showed a lot of different people’s breasts in the breastfeeding chapter and they didn’t really understand why. We talked through it a bit, discussing how every person views their breasts as normal, and when that is not reflected in what is portrayed inn the media (in this case a breastfeeding lesson) they may worry that they don’t have the “right” type of breast for breastfeeding.
Breasts, areloas and ni***es come in so many shapes, colours and sizes and pretty much all of them work for breastfeeding!
Interested in getting a head start on breastfeeding? I offer pre-natal breastfeeding classes so that you can be prepared from day one! Link in bio.
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