The Great Virtual Breast Fest

When Delaney was six months old I asked my cousin, a professional photographer, to take photos of me breastfeeding her. Before Delaney was born I knew I wanted to breastfeed but I had no idea how special the experience would be and how much I would cherish the special bonding time it brought to our relationship. I wanted to remember every detail of the wonderful experience of feeding my daughter and I wanted to be able to share it with her, visually, one day. The photos below are just a few from that photo session and I'm proud to share them here. There is nothing sexual or titillating about breastfeeding a child. It shocks me that in this day and age there are still people who have the audacity to say that something this natural, this nutritive, this beneficial is anything other than a beautiful gift from God.

Lend breastfeeding mothers everywhere your support by viewing more photos, video and live footage of mothers breastfeeding today at The League of Maternal Justice's Great Virtual Breast Fest.

Comments

[Jenn]

Those pictures are just amazing!

[Arkie Mama]

Beautiful photos.

I made Rick take pictures of each child nursing. I love that faraway, stoned look they get...

[Emily of Redwhineandboo]

Yay boobs!
I so hope I can get someone to let me take some great breastfeeding photos. Yours are just amazing.

[Elizabeth-The Whole Family]

I'm out searching for other mama bloggers who breastfeed, and I ran across your blog! Great post. Come check out my blog if you'd like.

[midlife mommy]

I love your pictures; they are beautiful. I wish I had thought of it! I did ask my husband to videotape my daughter breastfeeding so that I could remember how wonderful it was, but I do wish that I had the photos. Just lovely.

[QSMama / Lea]

Those pictures are so very sweet! I really wish we'd had pictures taken at a later stage of breastfeeding. The only ones we took were in the first few days, when it still hurt so much, and that's what I remember when I look at them.

Of course, I have plenty of other wonderful memories of it--just not the pictures.

Thank you for sharing. I did a Breast Fest, post, too, and have been thrilled to see how many bloggers participated.

- L