Hey Luvs!
I’m back from vacation and as much as I’d love to talk about
my time in Mexico I’m not. Today I’m here to discuss a topic near and dear to the
hearts moms across the country... Breastfeeding. This month is National
Breastfeeding Awareness Month so I want to use this last week to talk about
it. To start I want to share a pro
breastfeeding article that I found in my email this morning because, I wished
some had shared this with me when I was nursing.
So here it is... "Why
Breastfeeding Doesn’t Have to Be All or Nothing"
If I could describe my
feelings about the upcoming birth of my fourth baby in, oh, four days (I’m
being induced due to some medical complications) in one word, it would be this:
Fear.
It may sound crazy because I’ve had three other children
already, and one would think I would be totally prepared for another little
baby, but in a way, having done this three other times, I’m even more scared of
what it is to come. The sleepless nights! The weight that won’t come off
magically when I give birth! The challenges with older children’s attention!
But the thing that is causing me the most anxiety?
Breastfeeding.
I am dreading the thought
of breastfeeding again. (Sorry, future baby, if you’re reading this, but
hopefully you’ll understand some day.) I tried to explain my fears to my
husband and it came out in a jumbled mess of mommy guilt and tears and me
muttering something like, “You can’t understand what’s it
like!”
Like it or not, he can’t understand my breastfeeding fears and,
in part, that’s the biggest issue for me:
Honestly, it’s hard to describe with others what’s it like to
breastfeed and the fears associated with it but, this mom makes it a little better
with here suggestions. To read the full
article and get some additional tips for success with nursing visit click here.
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