Yellowjackets' real breastfeeding battle

"Yellowjackets," Showtime's series about a high school girls' soccer team whose plane crashes in the wilderness, has become known for pushing the envelope. For some lucky fans, podcasters and critics, the show sends envelopes — or rather, postcards— giving tantalizing clues about each week's episode. Many of those episodes have been doozies. The story deals with trauma – including its lasting effects, lingering into adulthood for all of the survivors – teen pregnancy,  murder and good old-fashioned cannibalism.

The following contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets,” Season 2, Episode 6 “Qui”

Even under ideal circumstances — not starving and frigid, in a place with medical care or at least, some other adults around — breastfeeding can be difficult.

Its latest episode "Qui" has been a long time coming, in many respects. The episode was delayed, causing viewers to have to wait a week. And one of the major storylines has been months in the making, since Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) discovered she was pregnant, having conceived with Jeff (Jack DePew, as a teen) who happened to be her best friend's boyfriend, before the team's fateful trip into the Canadian wilderness. Shauna's pregnancy has come to term, without prenatal care, enough to eat — or much of a choice.