I just recently watched Ali Wong’s 2nd comedy special, Hard to Knock, on Netflix. I laughed the entire time even as I thought, This mom is either playing a really funny caricature exaggerating the stresses of motherhood or she had postpartum psychosis. Or both. To quote her, “Giving birth ain’t nothing compared to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is brutal [and]…is this savage ritual that reminds you that your body is a cafeteria now.”
She’s right, nursing not always a walk in the park, but I’m forever an optimist who somehow finds ways to connect every aspect of motherhood to yoga. Read my take on nursing as a new form of yoga in this article I wrote for Shut Up and Yoga. You’ll see how I have been breastfeeding my daughter while calling it part of my yoga practice. It’s definitely the most boob I’ll ever show in any publication!