A few weeks back, Bleeping Motherhood ran an article called Highway/Prostitute Mom. The article was based on an experience I had while weaning my son from my tit, I mean breast.

The gist of the article was that I was sitting in traffic and got caught massaging my breasts with cabbage leaves to help prevent engorgement.

You can read the full article here, but I wanted to recap a few of the emails we received from our Bleeping Fans about the Highway/Prostitute Mom breastfeeding post.

Jennifer from South Carolina wrote:

“…I usually walk around in public with leaking breasts and when I sneak a breast shield into my bra, I’ll get a bunch of stares.”

Jennifer, we’ve had leaking boobs, too. It’s not like we’re stuffing our bras people, our milk is leaking! Nothing to stare at here, folks. Just some milk dripping from our nipples. Move along now, single file.

Anna from Texas wrote:

“…I’ve heard cabbage can help, but I usually do compresses when I’m engorged. I would like to see what strangers would say if I punched them in the face for staring!”

Here, here. I think a good punch to the face and/or jugular would be fantastic.

Diane from Pennsylvania wrote:

“…I laughed so hard when I read this. I’m not sure what I would do if I got caught “massaging myself” on the highway. Too funny! I love you Bleeping Motherhood, thanks for sharing.”

Diane, we love you too! If we’re ever in PA, we’ll be sure to drive by your house and flash you.

We love hearing all of your bleeping breastfeeding stories. Share yours at sothishappened@bleepingmotherhood.com

P.S. In case you didn’t know, female dogs can get swollen and engorged too. Check out this video about “Snuffy”, a dog whose teats were suffering from engorgement, and how they helped that bitch.