>It was tongue in cheek. I thought that was clear, and based on feedback
>I've been getting from other women here, they took it that way, too.

Your column was posted (not by me) to an email list of over 2000 lactation
consultants, doctors, nurses, La Leche League leaders, and other
professionals.  The response there has NOT been that it was amusing or
tongue-in-cheek.

>>But what can you do about it but
>view it with acceptance, and humor, and that was my point.

Except that your point was WRONG.  Breastfeeding is not what changes the
shape of your breasts.  Genetics, age, pregnancies, weight loss or gain, are
all factors that impact on the shape of your breasts.  Whether or not you
breastfeed is not a factor. You implied that if you had known ahead of time
that breastfeeding was going to change your breasts, you wouldn't have done
it.  You told the children, and everyone who reads your column, that the
picture of the woman in National Geographic is representative of all women's
breasts after they breastfeed.  Can't you see the damage this does????  It't
not funny, and it's not trivial.
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