Behind every depiction of pregnancy and childbirth as a simple, beautiful feat is a woman saying, 'Nope.'
, Billie, a New York City party girl-turned-suburban housewife, grapples with balancing motherhood and a serious case of FOMO. She pumps between psychology classes and struggles to get her daughter to latch onto her nipple—very real challenges many new mothers face with breastfeeding and trying to retain some semblance of their prior lives.
But this is a rare example for the TV and film industry, which so often highlights pregnancy and childbirth as a simple, beautiful feat. “Specifically with breastfeeding, the media really portrays it as this really beautiful bonding moment. And it is, but it's also reallyand not easy,” says Melissa Garcia, a 35-year-old mother of two in Houston. Garcia says her experience with breastfeeding her firstborn was nothing like she imagined. “She just wouldn't latch.
“There's so much thought and planning that goes into it that you really don't see in movies or TV shows,” says Garcia, who ended up switching to formula after two weeks of trying to nurse her daughter. When breastfeeding is shown on the big and small screen it’s often something to hide. InGloria answers the door while breastfeeding her baby, which upsets her husband, who scolds her for “doing it” in front of the delivery man.
Breastfeeding isn’t the only part of new motherhood or pregnancy that most film and television dramatically flattens. In Amy Schumer’s comedy special
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