When I was pregnant with Luca, Bren and I had lunch with a couple who had an 18-month-old daughter. They seemed a happy family and apart from the lecture we received about the perils of epidurals and c-sections (both of which I ended up with during my first labour), we had a nice day. But […]
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Retiring My Tits: A Reflection
by Angie Maddison | August 8, 2015 | Little Angie, Little Breastfeeder, MOTHERHOOD | 0 Comments
On October 11, 2014, after many years of faithful service, I finally gave my boobs the gold watch they’ve worked so tirelessly to earn. If my boobs were not desperate to retire, I certainly was. I suppose my original plan for breastfeeding was to make it to 12 months but somehow that time seemed to […]
On breastfeeding: stories from the frontline
by Angie Maddison | May 30, 2014 | Little Breastfeeder, Little Giveaways, MOTHERHOOD | 0 Comments
My first thought about breastfeeding was this: I don’t like having my nipples touched therefore I probably won’t like breastfeeding. It wasn’t that I thought breastfeeding would be weirdly sexual, it was just that I believed that the sensation, sexual or otherwise, would be unpleasant for me. That was back in 2007 when […]
Totally Tits
by Angie Maddison | July 26, 2013 | Little Breastfeeder | 16 Comments
I must have amazing knockers. I mean, I really must. A midwife did remark once that I have lovely breasts for nursing a baby and they have served me and my growing babies well but why oh why must it be so impossible to wean? You would think, and I certainly hoped, that by my […]
I’m Angie! I mum. I write. I wife. My husband would say this is the correct order. He’s so neeeedy. I live with my family in Melbourne, Australia, where I complain about the weather for 90% of the year – but I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Except maybe in Lake Como, waving to my neighbours George and Amal each morning.