All My Family Loves My Boobies
Andreas just finished nursing, and Lisetta is still latched on. You can see this in the right hand corner. The below is from the-clitoris.com. As you can tell, I'm a staunch advocate of breastfeeding. In my mind, there is no reason not to breastfeed. You are increasing your baby's risk for disease and death if you don't, and you are cheating yourself of wonderful intimacy, as well as physical benefits. I've never felt that breastfeeding was separate from my sex life. Indeed, it is the culmination and completion of my sexuality. Without further ado, here you go. "You may wonder why I have explained how the breasts produce milk before addressing their functioning during sex, since this is a website about sexuality. Believe it or not, I have explained the functioning of the breasts during sex in the process. It is common today to say the female breasts have two functions or roles in a woman's life, one is sexual and the other is maternal. This is not an accurate statement to make as the breasts work the same during sex and lactation. It is the breast's ability to feed our children that makes them capable of producing sexual pleasure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no magic switch that changes the role of the breasts from sexual to maternal. I realize many women, and men, believe there is, but there definitely is not. This belief has resulted in women being at odds with, and at times embarrassed by, their breasts. When a woman nurses her baby she expects her breasts to respond and feel "different" from when her partner sexually stimulates her. She may not expect to feel "sexual" pleasure when her baby nurses even though this is often the case. If you acknowledge the breasts have only one function or role in a woman's life, it will be easier to understand their role and function during sex and lactation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why are the nipples so often very sensitive to touch? The likely answer is, to reward a mother for nursing her children. Nature has built in a means of positive reinforcement that encourages women to breast-feed their children. It may not be instinct alone that compels women to care for their children. In addition, the uterine contractions resulting from nipple stimulation serve to cause the uterus to shrink rapidly in size, perhaps allowing the mother to be better prepared to care for and protect her newborn baby. It just so happens that orgasms also involve uterine contractions. The connection between nipple stimulation, sexual arousal, and orgasm some women experience is no accident and its primary purpose is not sexual, even though that is how it frequently benefits a woman. Keep in mind it is society that has defined it as sexual versus maternal. There is a reason for why our body functions as it does, that reason is not always in agreement with what society expects of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A study by Masters and Johnson found amongst a group of twenty four women who nursed their baby for at least two months, their desire for sex returned at a faster rate than it did for the women who did not, they often experienced sexual arousal to the plateau stage, and three experienced orgasm while nursing. As mentioned above, the let-down reflex can cause some pretty intense sensations and there is the aforementioned chemical and electrical connection between the nipples and uterus." |