Okay, so I've admitted before I thought breastfeeding would be so easy and natural. I didn't take a class while I was pregnant with Blaire. Didn't prep, didn't do any research. If it was so natural, everything would just work and it'd be just as easy as everyone said it was. (Spoiler alert: not the case for me.) There were so[...]
I’m going to guess this is the thing I’ve had the most questions and messages about EVER. My review of the lactation brownies from Milky Mama. And I think it just shows we can get desperate when it comes to our milk supply because of how much pressure our society forces when it comes to breastfeeding. Also, a few disclaimers. I b[...]
As a first time mom I had no idea what breastfeeding entail. I didn't take a class. I bought a nursing tank, a nursing bra and a nursing cover. Boom. I was prepared. I was going to survive breastfeeding. I was even offended when several mom friends suggested I have a thing of formula at home just in case I needed it. Just in case?[...]
Two things that have rocked my world since becoming a mom are 1) mom guilt and 2) mom shaming. And one of the things that surprises me most is that these two go hand-in-hand when it comes to how a mom chooses to feed her baby. I was clueless to the pressure many moms feel to breastfeed and to the fact that many moms have a difficult time[...]
Before Blaire was born, I did nothing when it came to preparing to breastfeed. Okay... fine. I bought one nursing bra and one nursing tank top. Then called it good. I didn't take the Breastfeeding Prep class through our hospital because it seemed like all anyone talked about how natural nursing was. Something that's natural do[...]