Bitterness no more

One morning I woke up feeling very calm, relaxed, and normal. I lay lazily in bed, stretching my body with a big yawn, and then I felt a blob from inside of the belly. I smiled. At that precise moment it daunted on me that, I don't feel bitter about this pregnancy any more. It must have been the second trimester hormone.

Sigh, how good can DearJulie be if she is not bitter about things?

Worry not, there are plenty of things I have strong opinions on and they just keep happening every day around me.

I saw a woman breast-feeding her baby out in public just the other day, no cover at all. She was sitting at the outdoor patio seating of a restaurant, along with another mom, who was closing up her bras - yes she was just done breast-feeding. A gentleman sitting next table to them looked very stiff positioning his head towards the opposite direction and showed how nervous and uncomfortable he was.

Dude, that's the beauty of nature, get it?

This happens a lot in UES for some reason. Women feel very righteous (I don't think it's a bad word) and entitled about pregnancy and being a mom and they must show it in action - they would do anything in public. If you are in the neighborhood, you get to see all kinds.

I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Breast-feeding is a serious business and we should all embrace it to the extreme. The reason why there is no "breast-feeding room" in public places because it's welcomed everywhere and not regulated. It's pretty cool right?!

I do believe, though, one's freedom should not be inconvenient to others. It's just a mutual respect among people. That said, I still have not decided whether I would breast-feed in public or not.

On one hand, I totally would abuse this right of being a woman - how cool is breast-feeding, especially anywhere I want to at anytime. On the other, even though my boobs look pretty good, I am just a bit shy to show that much, you know.
Remember the controversial cover of Time Magazine back in May? Why was it a controversy people? What's wrong in your head to think that it was inappropriate? OK. Maybe a 3-year-old still sucking on mom's boob was unusual, but why bash on the act of breast-feeding?

And there was the mom breast-feeding in uniform photo. What pissed me off the most was that one of the ladies was fired for her speaking out on gender equality and women's right. That is bullshit.

Nowadays, I start forcing myself to be very zen about things so I won't get stressed out and get baby stressed out. Things like the two outlined above just make me go nuts. However, I did wait until now to talk about it. Ommmmmmm........

What's worse is the on-going Republican Convention and those people....argh.

#pissedoff
DearJulie


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