It’s no longer world breastfeeding week, but it is still breastfeeding awareness month. I intended to just make this an Instagram post, but it was just too long. As I get closer to starting my breastfeeding journey over again for the third time after non […]
Today is my last day of pumping at work. I made it one year and 7 days of keeping my son on breastmilk. I made it an entire school year of pumping twice a day everyday since my son was 9 weeks old. I did […]
I am not a lactation counselor or an IBCLC, but after a total of 20 months of breastfeeding, I would say I know a thing or two about it. I may not be an expert, but I have had a wide variety of experiences throughout […]
As a society we have made great strides in trying to support and encourage breastfeeding moms. I delivered at a “baby friendly” hospital, so they send lactation consultants to each patient before check out, encourage breastfeeding, don’t offer formula unless requested, and keep mom and […]
Social media is a bittersweet aspect of my life. I love connecting with other moms via my blog and its respective social media accounts. I love posting pictures of my boys on my personal social media accounts to connect with people I don’t see often, […]
Happy World Breastfeeding Week! World breastfeeding week is happening at just the right time for me as I am transitioning from the 4th to the 5th trimester this week. I returned to work this week and am once again a breastfeeding/pumping mom as I work […]
What I have learned, throughout my now two years of pregnancy/motherhood, is that just because people have raised a child doesn’t make them an expert, but it sure does give them opinions (said blogger sharing opinions with the world.) From the time I got pregnant […]
I recently read a post about how women should stop romanticizing birth. As I read this post (linked here) I knew immediately that this post was directed at me. (Also, Romper’s 7 Reasons’s People Need to Stop Romanticizing Breastfeeding is linked here.) I could definitely […]
I always intended on breastfeeding, but donating milk never crossed my mind before I had Holden. I’d heard of milk donation, and thought it was admirable, but I didn’t set out with milk donation in mind. When I first began to breastfeed I just wanted […]
*Disclaimer: I wrote this piece two days before I took another pregnancy test and got my positive result! So hopefully, if you currently trying to conceive (TTC) while continuing to breastfeeding, this can give you some insight on how things may work out for you. […]
