Isn't it a shame to realize so few movies which depict "normal" 
breastfeeding? Why are the nursing couples always in some odd situation?

Someone mentioned
>"Snowbound:  The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story", a 1994 made-for-TV
>movie.

It is a true story. I remember seeing the couple interviewed on Phil Donahue 
many years ago. The young couple was lost for 8 days. The woman was indeed 
breastfeeding but was weaning him "because he was six months old." In the 
movie she proudly mentions how well he was starting to take bottles.

What upset me when watching the movie was the failure to mention that 
breastfeeding saved her baby's life! She didn't seem to have a good 
understanding of how lactation works. When she ran out of formula she 
presumed she'd run out of milk too, but her baby was perfectly healthy. (The 
mother and baby had spent 2 or 3 days in a tiny cave in the rocks while her 
husband walked about 80 miles to get help.)

Another movie that comes to mind is Sweet Home Alabama. Reese Witherspoon's 
character runs into an old friend in a bar in her hometown. She's offended 
to see her friend has brought the baby to the bar, but she explains that 
she's still "on the tit"

Sheila Stubbs, RPN, LLL Leader
www.birthingtheeasyway.tk

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