Attractive-yet-functional maternity and nursing bras are gaining popularity. Evidently, this is a big deal.
The New York Times ran a story about the bras – the sexy bras – last month. Some are lace. Some are pink. Some even have rhinestones. And, like anything published with the word “breastfeed” in it, the article caused a bit of controversy.
One commenter on the New York Times’ website asked, “So a nursing bra should make it easy to put milk in your baby’s mouth and drool in a grown-up’s? Why not walk around naked?”
(Note to commenter: Not a bad idea! If we walked around naked, nursing mothers wouldn’t have to worry about milk stains on our clothes. And, we’d have a little less laundry to do.)
Tom, another commenter in the I’m-Against-Sexy-Nursing-Bras Camp, said, “I quite frankly think it’s pathological to make women feel that they have to be sexy at every possible moment of the day and their life and no matter the activity. STOP THE INSANITY. Nurse your baby. It’s not supposed to be sexy. It’s supposed to be nurturing. END OF STORY.”
Tom has a point (and an affinity for CAPS LOCK). And, I happen to agree that nursing one’s baby is supposed to be nurturing – and not sexy.
Besides, sexy bras are totally lost on babies… as are witty observations about “Project Runway,” really good Scotch, and anything pertaining to the budget deficit.
That said, if you breastfeed for a few weeks, months or years, you end up wearing nursing bras at times when you’re not nursing.
And that’s why I’m making the wild guess that lingerie companies decided to make prettier nursing bras. They’re not for when a woman is nursing. They’re for all the times that she’s not.
At least, that’s my opinion. What about you? What do you think?
Agree. And what’s the big deal? Some moms may not care to think about looking sexy, others may, so options are good. I certainly don’t see anything pathological about it. Sheesh, dramatic much?
