breastfeeding

What is it like being boob shamed and tattoo shamed 20 years after the fact?

Science, as it turns out, is not the answer to everything — certainly not breastfeeding.

There is nothing in the world that quite compares to the joyous feeling of bringing a new baby home.

When my third son was a year old, I stopped breastfeeding. He was not pleased.

I'm in San Francisco today — my favorite city; it's raining.

My daughter nursed (and was supplemented with formula, then milk) for 18 months, and when we weaned, it was because we were ready. After that first bottle, I should have realized that supplementing was great for both me and my daughter.

With bottle feeding, you are able to fill the bottle with a very specific amount of formula or breast milk and are able to physically see how much Baby is taking at each feeding. With breastfeeding, that isn’t quite as easy. We know that they are eating, but we aren’t able to tell exactly how much — until now.

It is the denigrating soundtrack of a breast pumping session. You, sitting at its mercy. It, just taking and taking.