I wanted nothing more than to have the freedom from pumping and nursing every few hours. The freedom to engage in an activity without my body being an extractable resource. I wanted a body that was my own, not weighed down by a machine or time ticking backward until a next feed. I wanted to pretend that breastfeeding wasn’t working for me, that it wasn’t as important as it is for nourishment and intimacy, but I couldn’t, and so I continued.
Care Work, Unpaid Labour Part I
Care Work, Unpaid Labour Part I
Care Work, Unpaid Labour Part I
I wanted nothing more than to have the freedom from pumping and nursing every few hours. The freedom to engage in an activity without my body being an extractable resource. I wanted a body that was my own, not weighed down by a machine or time ticking backward until a next feed. I wanted to pretend that breastfeeding wasn’t working for me, that it wasn’t as important as it is for nourishment and intimacy, but I couldn’t, and so I continued.