A sad irony

I can't help but notice an irratating trend developing amongst famous new Mums or just women in the media in general.

In the past few months we have been subjected to Jacinta Tynan telling us that motherhood is in fact not hard at all.. it is a pleasure 24/7 and anyone who feels otherwise is obviously ungrateful.

This wasn't the first or the last of it. There was the prominent editor of the UK Parenting Mag who announced that breastfeeding is 'creepy' and will ruin your breasts. You can read more of that rubbish here.

Gisele then came out of the woodwork to announce that breastfeeding should be made THE LAW because of course, everyone should be able to breastfeed for at least 6 months and any woman that can't or won't is a criminal.

And we cant forget Kim Kardashan tweeting about a breastfeeding 'minnion' she spotted in public:

"EWW Im at lunch,the woman at the table next 2 me is breast feeding her baby w no coverup then puts baby on the table and changes her diaper" - She then tried to redeem herself by saying that she thinks breastfeeding is fine but not when you can see the womans breast! Yah, right Kim...but its ok for everyone to see your boobs?

Last year, my sister in laws' close friend committed suicide. She had two gorgeous young children (one of whom was still a baby), a loving husband, a strong network of friends and family, was gorgeous and always smiling on the outside but on the inside she was dying for a long time. She suffered from severe PND and eventually she lost the battle. It all became too much.

After her death, PANDA hosted a fundraising event in her honor (she had been in contact with PANDA over the years before she took her life). One of the key points they made at this event was that whilst awareness had raised in recent years, there was still, sadly, a very negative and isolating stigma attached to PND - So much so that they had been completely unable to find a celebrity Mum willing to be the official ambassador for the organisation. They had contacted countless celebrity A and B list Mums in Australia and always recieved the same response. No. The general message being that linking your face and name to PANDA would be professional suicide for a famous Mum.. after all, what message would it send to Agents, Producers etc...

Do you see the irony here?

I think the only law that needs to be imposed right now is one that bans glammed up, famous self proclaimed 'super mums' from airing their thoughtless and often damaging views of motherhood in public.

(Image found at www.weheartit.com)