Why I'm Not Excited About Breastfeeding
It's true. I'm not. There are plenty of mothers out there who adore whipping out the boob and being a food source for their babies. I'm not anticipating being one of them. I grew up eating formula and other than a lifelong stomach problem that I only now can mostly control, I'm fine. So I don't see the point, but everything I've read and everything Andrea's read and more than everything Susan and Jennie have read say it's "the right thing to do," so I intend to try it.
But I really doubt it will last. Discovering products like this and hints like that just make me cringe. And they make Andrea say "top sending me these nasty urls" as if I've just sent her kiddie porn or pictures of dead fish.
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OK, I just want to say, breastfeeding (hereafter referred to as bf) and pumping are not the same, not by any stretch of the imagination. I think I won't tell you my thoughts as I first pumped. And you don't necc. have to. You can bf and supplement.
Second thought: Please do NOT read the LLL bf book. I found it so strident about "you MUST bf, everyone CAN bf, you just have to try and try and try even if it's torture" that I, someone committed to bf, was turned off. Please let me give you K. Huggin's 'bf mother's companion' instead.
OK, said my piece. Well, there's more, but I'll save it for other times.
By Jennie, at 8:25 PM
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