Here's another blast from the past that my dear sweet Seanos just reminded me about:
I breastfed the 3 boys for EVER. I mean, I was a walking boob, 24 hour free milk. I got pregnant while Chas was still a breastfed baby, (yes, that happens!) and then got pregnant again the moment I weaned 18-month-old Sam. So I was either breastfeeding or pregnant for about 5 or 6 years straight.
When I finally weaned Max, my boobs shrivelled up like prunes, a mere shadow of their former luscious selves, and I felt very sad about it. I thought that was IT, I would never have nice boobs again. I was wrong, and they have since recovered nicely without the aid of a brazillian surgeon, but at the time I was devastated. Sean suggested having another baby, but I... pretended to be deaf.
One evening around that time, we were hurrying to get ready to go out, and so I jumped into the shower with Sam, who was 3 or nearly 4. He looked up at me with all the love in his heart and said "mummy, I just loooove your boobies!"
"awww, thanks sweetie, that's a nice thing to say"
"yeah, they're sooo soft, and hangy down. Like bunny rabbit ears."
"...."
Okay, I told Sean about it the moment I got out of the shower, and HE SAID!
"aw, I like them too babe. It's the lived-in look."
That was when I went to live in a cave. But after a while, I started to become more comfortable with my hangy-down boobies. I mean, Sean thought they were great, (at least that's what he SAYS, bless him) and the boys sure loved them. So what if hangy-down isn't fashionable? Maybe I could start a new trend?! Let's be proud of our hangy-down boobies, people! Soon, everyone will want some!
This website was invented many years ago, when the author kept coming across interesting things in pockets whilst doing laundry. Like small, terrified reptiles. Blogging about raising children in the rainforest, moving them to the UK and watching them leave home one by one to have their own adventures has gradually been replaced by a return to grownup life for their mother, Nan Sheppard, who is an anthropologist, writer and public international law consultant.
Monday, 24 September 2007
hangy-down boobies - the new fashion trend
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They still look great babe!
Seanos
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