Her escapades take her though an insane journey where in Season 5 she ends up pregnant by a Mexican drug lord mafia type. Here's where it would start to become appropriate topic for our blog. Nancy breastfeeds this baby and has struggles against her husbands culture and wealth where he believes that her breastfeeding is bad for his image. She wins the argument and there are several mentions of breastfeeding/pumping for the rest of the season. There is even a scene where her pump isn't working and she's engorged so she has her brother-in-law suck out some milk. FYI - he swallows. I was impressed and happy that such a popular show would showcase breastfeeding. Winning!Then in comes season 6... and well... I'm confused and sad. The beginning of the season she is still breastfeeding/pumping just as she was before, and even when hastily packing to make their great getaway the first thing she grabs is her freezer stash of breastmilk. But then about halfway through the season they bring the baby to the pediatrician and there when asked she says that the baby is formula fed. That was the first mention or hint of formula that I can recall. I was a little surprised that the show just threw that in there. I even listened twice to make sure I wasn't just hearing things. Then a few episodes later they show Enfamil and Similac in the cupboard while she's making a bottle. I have to say... I was very disappointed that they just switched to formula after she had made such a strong pro-breastfeeding stink in the last season.
Now, I have to say that if any of us breastfeeding moms were in her shoes we'd most likely end up with supply issues too... because let's face it.. the stress of being on the run cross multiple countries dodging your mobster drug lord husband's goonies and the FBI would probably dry any of us up. I was mostly disappointed that this logical explanation of why she switched to formula didn't make it past the editing room floor. All they had to do was add a one or two line explanation right there at the pediatricians office.
I believe the baby is around 4 months old at this point in the show, and without an explanation as to why formula came into his life it just feeds into the myth and assumption that baby's shouldn't get breastmilk after a certain age. They were SO CLOSE!
