Maureen Connolly > Quotes

“The baby makes another hungry strike at my breast, turning angry and bright red until, suddenly, she's on. Her color goes back to normal, and instantly her body goes limp, falling into me, forming to me, milk-drunk. And it hits me-this is the real reason I love hreastfeeding. This moment. It's not something you can put on a list; it's one of life's biologically reinforced, beautiful intangibles. It is the surprise of direct connection, ultimate intimacy, the trust and ability to go back, if even for a fifteen-minute feeding, to a time when two separate beings were one.”
― Maureen Connolly, Unbuttoned: Women Open Up About the Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of Breastfeeding