seared onto my brain like it's been branded

All of the tv's in the hospital are connected to the same set of channels. It's like an expanded basic cable. No premium channels. No way. Sh*t, even the vets get HBO at the VA. Some of the cable channels include AMC and TCM, which I usually end up watching, ESPN, Discovery, ABC Family, and several Spanish stations.

In the middle of all these are the Newborn Channels; one in English and one in Spanish. These are sort of like public service announcements that are made by the hospital for the patients who have just given birth and talk about things like car seat safety and how to give a baby a bath. Good idea, no?

I was flipping around, looking desparately for something decent to watch, when I came onto the Newborn Channel. Right there, magnified, in the middle of the screen, was a mom who had just given birth to twins and had one hanging off each boob. I usually think it's a very beautiful thing. Furthermore, I completely support breastfeeding when at all possible because it's better for the baby's immune system. But that was not an image I was prepared to see when I was looking for South Park or Family Guy reruns. And now when I close my eyes, I see a giant boob with a baby on it. I would try to take a picture of it with my phone the next time the loop of programming starts again, but now I'm afraid of what else I might see.

I think my ovaries are hiding behind my pancreas now.

Comments

[Nilsa S.]

Which brings up an interesting point ... public displays of breast-feeding or not?

I'm all for a woman's right to feed her child when needed (wherever that may be). But, I kind of have issue with women who yank out the breast in public, without a blanket of some sort to cover up. I'm sorry, but I don't necessarily want to see YOUR boob.

But, I digress...

[Dawn]

Some things need to be *discreetly* beautiful. I get that a woman is nourishing her baby the way her body was built to do, and that is miraculous, but if she walked around topless, that would be considered indecent exposure. Discretion.