After the renaissance period in which wet nurses breastfed the offspring of aristocratic women, formula has changed the use of wet nurses from a need to a choice. I feel like I’ve been a creative warrior for women, helping them reclaim their bodies and their stories – and I’m fiercely protective of them. I was super lucky, honoured and thrilled to have had the chance to read this book in it’s early stages. The really big deal was finding out that if I waited too long, I would be unlikely to conceive naturally, if at all.

It truly opened my eyes to MANY things [I had NO idea that someone could be diagnosed with autism so late in life; the author was in her 30's! I first met Laura, a photographer from Surrey, in 2015 following her exploration of 100 women’s relationships with their breasts.As another example of wishing we didn't move on too fast from one interesting point to another, I found myself wishing there was more substance to the passages where the author describes having a difficult time processing that sometimes their friends make other friends.

You can have thick hair, thin hair, a lot of hair, a little hair, hair just on your pubic bone or all over your vulva, and, yes, the carpets may not match the drapes. Overall, this is a very interesting look into how one autistic person has come to understand the way their brain works with the complicated world. According to the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center, these additional nipples usually appear along the embryonic milk lines, which are areas of the body that are more likely to develop breast tissue.For example, people with lactose intolerance often experience diarrhea if they have dairy, while those with celiac disease will have an adverse reaction to gluten. She then explains her childhood, from the day to day things to the embarrassing ones, and she does so in a way that is easy to digest for younger ages. Black: Black stools, especially if they have the appearance of tar, suggest gastrointestinal bleeding.