Posted on 05/22/2015 10:32:51 AM PDT by drewh
(MyFoxBoston.com) -- Breastfeeding is in Vogue and, now, in Elle magazine.
The cover of Elle Australia features supermodel Nicole Trunfio with her young son. Inside, it features a photo of Trunfio breastfeeding the baby.
The photo is going viral, along with the hashtag "normalize breast feeding."
Trunfio posted the picture on her Instagram page with the caption, "Whether you breastfeed or not, we gave birth, we are women, we are mothers. Thank you to Elle for being so bold and making such an encouraging, positive and healthy statement. #WomenUnite."
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxboston.com ...
I blame Obama for a lot of things, but an Australian magazine is not one of them.
A mother breastfeeding her child is representative of Obama’s America?? And here I was thinking it was just representative of mothers all over the world, including this nursing mom (who is in no way supportive of Obama’s policies).
the media will turn this into a hashtag and liberal social activism, just watch
Sorry, I’m not offended by a picture of a mother breast feeding.
20 Breastfeeding Benefits for Mom and Baby
1. A healthier baby
“The incidences of pneumonia, colds and viruses are reduced among breastfed babies,” says infant-nutrition expert Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and OB-GYN at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., and the author of Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession (Elsevier-Mosby). Gastrointestinal infections like diarrhea—which can be devastating, especially in developing countries—are also less common.
2. Long-term protection, too
Breastfeed your baby and you reduce his risk of developing chronic conditions, such as type I diabetes, celiac disease and Crohn’s disease.
3. Stronger bones
According to Lawrence, women who breastfeed have a lower risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis. “When a woman is pregnant and lactating, her body absorbs calcium much more efficiently,” she explains. “So while some bones, particularly those in the spine and hips, may be a bit less dense at weaning, six months later, they are more dense than before pregnancy.”
4. Lower SIDS risk
Breastfeeding lowers your baby’s risk of sudden infant death syndrome by about half.
5. Fewer problems with weight
It’s more likely that neither of you will become obese if you breastfeed him.
6. A calorie incinerator
You may have heard that nursing burns up to 500 calories a day. And that’s almost right. “Breast milk contains 20 calories per ounce,” Lawrence explains. “If you feed your baby 20 ounces a day, that’s 400 calories you’ve swept out of your body.”
http://www.fitpregnancy.com/baby/breastfeeding/20-breastfeeding-benefits-mom-baby
A supermodel using her breasts for something besides selling beer. What a travesty.
I know the media may not know this, but women have been breastfeeding since women gave birth...
This is in line with an article about water being wet...
I know I’d sure love to see a photo of my mother breast feeding me... /s
The idea of seeing my mother’s breast out in public, or at any time as an adult, doesn’t cause me a warm fuzzy moment.
When a woman has her breast out feeding a child in public, a guy can purposefully not look in that direction for 99.99% of the time. He’ll invariably forget and look in that direction for a split moment, and when he does the mother will be looking straight in the face. Her take-away is that he has been looking the whole time until he got caught.
This is why I don’t want some woman’s anatomy revealed around me. I support breast feeding. I don’t support it in public. A baby can be fed directly before or after the outing.
You don’t have to put yourself on display publicly to feed the child.
We’re going to need your opinion somewhere in the thread.
Very true...my wife breastfeed and when baby needed to feed, she simply kept a towel with us and she would breastfeed and throw the towel her shoulder covering up her open blouse and baby...
Most of the time you could not tell she was breastfeeding...
Babies get hungry, and they cry, and they don't care what mama is doing at the time. I can see why it might be necessary to nurse in public. All I ask is you use a blanket...
That’s how modest women do it.
So this is “Obama’s America” even though it’s an Australian magazine discussing a completely natural practice that’s been going on for millennia?
There are loads of things to blame on Obama. This isn’t one of them.
It’s posts like this the left points to when trying to brand us all “right-wing crazies.”
99% of the time, they’re hooters.
1% of the time, they are a lunch box.
99% of the time, I smile when I see them.
1% of the time, I nod deferentially.
That’s also another good solution.
I actually considered it after I had already hit the post button. Good call...
I have a feeeling a lot of folks would have been uncomfortable in the Garden of eDen too.
The kid is hungry, the meal is prewarmed..
I can think of worse things to look at then breasts.
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