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A number of celebrities have been talking about breastfeeding recently - and not only about weight loss! I thought I'd share a few recent quotes: "They're not very big, my boobs, so they just became normal size. I loved it!...

<p>I'm not in the habit of writing movie reviews.  It's definitely not my niche, and coming from a father whose key criteria for a "fine film" includes guns, fire, and helicopters, I grew up watching anything and everything and never became the most discerning filmgoer.  I'm also terribly behind in my movie viewing--my Netflix queue has been capped to the point that I received an email telling me that they are not allowing me to add any further movies.</p> <p>Until now.</p> <p>My friend, Amy, who is clearly much more up-to-date with current books and films, asked me to see a midweek movie, and having worked like a madwoman for the past few weeks, I welcomed the break.  Last night we saw "Precious", based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire.  Aside from the acting being superb (and potentially award-winning?), the story itself is remarkable.  You're probably wondering why, on a breastfeeding site, I would write about a movie.  There were quite a few breastfeeding "moments" in the film and without giving away too much, I must mention one of the most poignant scenes.  You may already know that Precious is a 16 year old girl, pregnant with her second child.  She's been emotionally and physically abused her entire life, living in conditions that are absolutely unimagineable to most of us, but the sweetest moment comes when she delivers her baby boy.  She stares at him so lovingly, takes her arm out of her hospital gown, and begins to breastfeed the baby.  It is such a beautiful moment--the nurturing and love that she gives to her baby is amazing, despite having grown up being tortured every day, breaking the abuse cycle which so many victims encounter.</p> <p>If you get a chance this weekend, please see this movie.  It will change your life. </p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://breastfeeding.about.com/b/2009/11/20/must-see-precious.htm">Must See: "Precious"</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://breastfeeding.about.com/">About.com Breastfeeding</a> on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 20:49:59.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://breastfeeding.about.com/b/2009/11/20/must-see-precious.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://breastfeeding.about.com/b/2009/11/20/must-see-precious.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://breastfeeding.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://breastfeeding.about.com/b/2009/11/20/must-see-precious.htm&zItl=Must See: "Precious"">Email this</a></p>