How much I would hate it…
- The enormous responsibility to keep a human alive with my body.
- The fact that it feel like a leash sometimes (especially when I cannot go on that much needed girls weekend because it was too overwhelming for me to pump enough milk to last my baby through the weekend).
- That I would basically have one boob out at all times!
- That I cannot wear anything without thinking “easy access to breasts.”
- Nursing bra’s and tank tops.
- No strapless dresses even when it’s a 100 degrees outside!
The fact that breastfeeding would alter my breasts shape and size
- Full, heavy and painful at the beginning,
- lopsided when baby prefers to nurse on one breast and not the other.
- Deflated after a while.
Missing my pre breastfeeding perky boobs
- Stressed out at the very thought of a well-visit to the doctor or nurse to check their weight.
Did I produce enough milk for you to grow?
The enormous never ending responsibility of my breasts producing food for my baby.
But here’s what I love about breastfeeding
- I’m providing food for my baby, it comes from my body, my breasts and if you think about it it’s kind of mind blowing.
- The magical closeness that comes with breastfeeding.
- Public breastfeeding and not giving a damn!
- Oh, the places you will go (or rather breastfeed)!
- The extra kilojoules you burn while breastfeeding. Yes, breastfeeding is my new cardio!
Mostly I love that breastfeeding isn’t just about milk, it is all about LOVE.
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I love seeing how I can make my little man become peaceful. And be able to feed him nutrient rich milk on demand
I love the fact that i can provide the best nutrition for my little boy and I get to bond with him while breastfeeding. I hate the milk blebs and getting mastitis which I’ve had twice already 😭
I love the bond I have with my child , I know she wont be able to share with anyone else. I love looking into her eyes while feeding her and seeing how much she enjoys her milkie.
I love the time i get to spend one on one skin to skin with my little girl.
I loved the time spend breastfeeding my first and can not wait for the second one in April – to feel their little hands, and to take in the moment as time goes by so quickly
I love breastfeeding… I just wish I could pump out…
I love breastfeeding because i know its whats best for my baby girl. Its an amazing journey for both of us, 4months going strong. Its hard but its so worth it.
I love breastfeeding because it gives me bonding time with my son. I love when his eyes lighten ups and that sparkle in his eyes when he looks at me while I am feeding him.
What i love most of breastfeeding is the bond it forms between me and my daughter.. knowing she is getting the best nutrients . What i dislike about breastfeeding is the tingeling feeling my nipples make when its time for baba to feed …
Breastfeeding has taught me patience and undying love. Ehan has been with us for just over 3 months and the struggle was real the first 2 weeks. Then we just clicked. He is a happy fatty 3month old, who smiles when he sees my boobs, I swear! Just want to hold him a little longer, look in his baby blue eyes and feed him with love and everything else which he needs.
I love how easy it is- no need to plan or pack things. We can go out for a hour, a full day or the weekend it does not really matter. And also… it fixes everthing-bibity bobity boob…
It is so convenient as you can give your baby food right away without having to warm it up or sterilize a bottle! The growth spurts however did get the better of me somedays… sitting on my bed with my PJ’s for 2 days straight just breastfeeding! Looking back now it was wonderful bonding time xxx
I love how the easy access and not getting able to worry about preparing bottles at all hours.
I totally love breastfeeding. It is so easy, convenient and free. I bonded with breastfeeding my son for 18 months. Now on the second month with my daughter. I can not think of a better why to care for my babies.
I was disappointed by my previous breastfeeding journey. My milk basically was just non existent at week 2 after baby was born.
Back then I didnt know much. Now pregnant with baby #2 I really really want to try my absolute best to breastfeed atleast until 24 months. Its like a dream… The bonding with baby , the milk drunk faces… I also want those!!!
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Loved the special connection, eye contact between baby and mommy, hated the fact that I was the only one who could feed him lol
I hate how the washable breast pads always falls out of my bra when sleeping then after breastfeeding my son in the middle of the night, I have to search for it to place it by the breast his not drinking
Bonding time – most special moments…
What I enjoy most about breast feeding is the connection it makes me to have with my son. When is time to breastfeed him he will come straight to me and pull my shirt, trying to take out my breast.
I love how invested I have become to ensure I have enough supply and I love when my little stares at me and I have no choice but to stare back, it’s the beautiful moments in between the most stressful part of motherhood.
My breastfeeding journey started 2years ago with my first born, still currently breastfeeding her and gave birth to a babu boy 2 weeks ago and breastfeeding him as well, so keeping that bond whole creating a new bond is amazing,but the best thing about breastfeeding is the convenience of just whipping out their food any place any time no worries.
The connection, love and soft touch of a tiny hand
I loved the closeness and bonding time that comes with breastfeeding! The cute baby eyes staring back at you while holding her so close 🌸
The thing I love most about breastfeeding is the bond we have and the look of satisfaction on Kaylee’s face when she is done drinking. ❤️
I just love breast feeding, I don’t know whether “magical” is the right word to use, but it’s the best I sometimes wish to give my breasts to my husband so that he can experience it too,it creates such a strong bond and it’s very comforting. I couldn’t breastfeed my first born for long. I discovered a lump in my breast and she never wanted it again even though it was removed. I am planning to breastfeed my son till he is atleast two years. I would love the breast pump it will assist me as I am jobhunting and at times I have to leave him at home with a full bottle or 2. I just wish all mothers could breastfeed especially those with no health issues.
I breastfed my little girl and it was a huge privilege. It was our special time, something only the two of us could share! It was my gift to her. Nothing beats the feeling of achievement.
Thank you for this blog post! Very real and too true! I have a 12 week old, my first baby, and I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding her and loving every minute of it. Yes…it sucks that my boobs have changed and that they now have stretch marks that they never had before. Currently I’m battling with a blocked milk duct which also sucks! BUT…I love that MY body is keeping my baby alive, I love that my body is providing an immunity for my baby. I love the way she stares into my eyes as we connect over her morning breakfast (my boob). I love that I’ve repeated “its boobie time” to her so much that when I say it now, her eyes light up. I love that it’s free and mobile. I love that I feel like I’ve tapped into a superpower I never knew I had. And I also love breastfeeding where ever I need to, and don’t care about what people think. I’m providing for my daughter and it’s beautiful through and through! Breastfeeding has been everything and more than I expected.
The best part about breast feeding is that is it always available, it is warm, it soothes and feeds baby and there is no washing up! Hooray. I’m going on 2 years this weekend with my 3rd child. It isnt always easy but I’ve persevered and I’m glad I did, it’s been an amazing experience.
I didn’t have the easiest breastfeeding it was hard. I cried for days, I was on medication to up my milk supply and my daughter kept on losing weight. All the stress caused me to get Bell’s Palsy (Facial Paralysis) but I refused to give up. Eventually my milk dried up when my daughter was six months old, but I feel proud that I did it as long as I could.
I’ve been breastfeeding almost 4 years and it’s been such an eye opening experience. The challenges at the start are the hardest part (and feeding during pregnancy)… But the journey, bond and advantages have been my greatest blessing and accomplishment.
I’m a greatful breastfeeding mama 🙂
Love that I can provide the best for my bubz and the close bond that is shared when bf,is so special and magical❤️
I would love to win this as I really struggled with bf and keeping up my supply with my daughter
My breastfeeding journey has been amazing! My baby boy is now 3 months old and I have loved being able to breastfeed him! It has been tough sometimes, especially through those growth spurts, but the bond it has created between me and my boy is indescribable❤️ I love being able to make everything better by just lying close to him and he is able to find comfort through breastfeeding! Xx
The fact that I get to bond every 2 to 3 hours so closely with my daughter. I am so grateful to be able to still breastfeed her, we are going almost 8 months strong and 8 wouldn’t change it for anything. Yes it’s taxing on your body but also so rewarding. It’s super amazing how God made our bodies. To produce food for our little precious cargo.
Absolutely loved how my little one would feel so content and happy whilst feeding and how he would fall asleep on the boob after just a few minutes — BEST feeling in the world!
The thing I loved about breastfeeding my first born. Was being able to feel like superwoman just with your boobs, baby sad = boob, baby hungry = boob, baby happy = boob. Best feeling every. Not so fun part of breastfeeding is the leaking boobies. Would absolutely love the price my baby girl is on her way and so excited for our breastfeeding journey
I love that my body has been special enough to keep 2 babies alive and I’m so proud of my body for breastfeeding for 6 consecutive years with a 4month break ❤️❤️I think it’s totally a gift from god that my body has been able to produce breast milk for so many years and never dry up ,Even more incredible news I’m expecting and this means my breastfeeding journey is not coming to a end and I’m so excited ,Although I’m breastfeeding my 19month old currently i just hope I succeed at tandem feeding my babies ❤️❤️Yes there are very draining and dramatic parts like mastitis and cluster feeding that really drains you but nothing a good diet and rest can’t heal .
The magical closeness that comes with breastfeeding!
And breastfeeding is the thing that ONLY YOU can give your child #SUPERMOM 💪🏻
I don’t have enough milk to pump out,…….and would love to try anything just not to stop breastfeeding!!!thank you🌸
I love breastfeeding as it’s such a special bonding time with my baby and it’s something only I can do!
Hate having to wear breast pads in the scorching heat
I had a hard time breastfeeding my first but pushed on for almost 17 months. I loved the way he played with my hair while feeding. He is now 30 months old and still plays with my hair when tired. #breastfeedingmoments
Breastfeeding, for me, didn’t come with many challenges. My son, who was born healthy full term and without any complications seemed to be alright with latching and intake. I dealt with the engorgement, cracked nipples, blocked ducts but nothing that turned out to be a severe impediment. I always knew I wanted to nurse him at least for a year so I went through the challenges and learning curves without thinking twice about any other option. Truth be told, although I wanted to give him the best, I also thoroughly enjoyed nursing him. The time we took to just sit still and look at each other, play and sing. The cuddles I received during times I was completely overwhelmed. And the reality that no matter how much he played with dad or were entertained by toys or anything, there was one thing that was exclusively ours to enjoy together. He needed me, and we needed each other. I missed nursing when he weaned himself off. But then my daughter came around and for some reason our breastfeeding relationship was completely different. It is all perspective…So with my daughter being the last, it became an extremely difficultly tug of war between she and I. My little girl LOVED her “boo boo.” She drank me thin, she used my breast as a pacifier, she cuddled them and still wanted more. During this time I was battling family changes and gearing up to pit my son in creshe. It was a lot. As peaceful and beautiful as it had been before, this wasn’t that now and it felt like a huge chore sometimes. However I still kept on with the idea that breast was best for my baby.
With that, I gave up resistance. I accepted this journey for everything that it was and wasn’t and decided to enjoy it while it lasted. Although the journey can be quite the challenge in many multifaceted ways, it can also be extremely rewarding in equally as many ways. Not just for baby but for mom too- physically, emotionally, and spiritually. So, with this, I encourage you to fight the good fight in your own way and to support a mother who has a desire to. Because it truly does take a village.
Breastmilk was the best for my baby and will continue with baby number 2. The healthy option and keeps baby happy!! 💙
Love the quality time with my little girl and that i get to spend some of this time with my sister in another town that is also breastfeeding her girl
I was not prepared for breastfeeding to be the most challenging part of adjusting to newborn life! That said I love how my body grew my tiny human from scratch and how it continues to feed and nourish him even now. It blows my mind that my body can produce enough milk to feed another human!
What I loved:
Everything about it. The bond with baby. The healthy option. The wonders of breastmilk, I even used it on red bums!!!!
What I hated:
Expressing at work. Not all companies understand the need for moms to express milk for their little ones. First there was no place to pump, then to keep milk cool (yes, I had a cooler bag). We need to make it more express friendly at work places. 💙
To be honest there isn’t anything that I dislikes during breastfeeding. We are 16 months breastfeeding exclusively and still going strong. I love it. It relaxes me and also I love the closeness and the bonding time between my son and I. It’s the most amazing thing ever nothing can describe it.
I love the sounds they make, the way he rubs his hand on my chest. But most of all the closeness!!
Breastfeeding is the most special bonding time with your baby. They get just what they need whenever, wherever! This is my second time around and 22 months going strong. A breast pump would definitely help and let daddy also have a special bonding time.
I’m still a mom-to-be so looking very much forward to experience the wonders of breast feeding once my baby arrives in March 2020! Luckily I have a few wonderful women around me who have been a great example and I can ask any questions I may have 🙂
Where do I begin…
Well first of all…I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BREASTFEEDING!!
I have a 2year old that I had breastfed till he turned 1, I got pregnant when he was 6months old and still breastfed for another 6months, he didn’t want booby anymore due to the hormones…then my baby girl was born and she is 4months and still breastfeeding.
I looooove how breastmilk is so full of nutrients and the way my baby grows and it is only mommymilk…she is 4months but grows in the 6month old baby category according to the nurse!! Imagine how proud we are!!
I adore her legs…her arms…her tummy…well I adore the fact that I can see she is growing so beautifully thanks to breastfeeding.
My son is just as big and healthy boy due to his 1year of breastfeeding and that gives me great pleasure and motivation to keep breastfeeding my baby girl.
For mommies to be and breastfeeding mommies I love to motivate and keep them motivated to breastfeed.
I love the bond that you create with your little one, to be honest we all know in the beginning it’s really damn hard but we push through knowing it will be all worth it in the end 🙂
Breastfeeding helped with what my baby ate aswell, they say the milk changes taste and helps when they start going on solids.
It helped with blocked nose too!!! I would squirt in my daughters nose lol
I love breastfeeding, because it is so easy to feed my baby anywhere. She loves it to be breastfed and I can see that she is growing very quickly at just 5 weeks old!
The best part of breastfeeding it the body contact and the stare down till he’s asleep. The annoying but funny part is where he’s not latching on right and starts pulling and nibbling on my nipple as if it his pacifier. I can only wish for every Mom to have the breastfeeding experience, and my hart goes out to the Moms that’s nog able to breastfeed.
I am so afraid my breastfeeding.journey is coming to an end because of low supply i thought i wanted to get baby off because i just started working ..but now i dont want to … I feel like we have such an amazing bond … I love looking into her eyes when she drinks i would really love to continue just a bit longer !!! 😥😥😥😥
I love the bond and closeness breastfeeding brings with my beautiful baby boy. Knowing I am providing and producing exactly what he needs when feeding.
I love how easy and “convenient” it is. There’s no night time bottle making when you’re utterly exhausted, no warming up formula as your milk is at the perfect temperature. When there’s load shedding I don’t have to stress about having no electricity to boil water for formula. Benjamin has his milk on tap and ready to consume when he needs it.
I love how he cuddles up to the breast when he feeds, feeling the perfect love between mother and child ❤️
I love how breastfeeding my boy has made me want help inspire other moms to breastfeed as well as it is just such and amazing bond. I hate how I sometimes feel like I am just a boob to my baby all though I know it isn’t true.
I loved breastfeeding all 3 of my kids. I’m still currently breastfeeding my youngest who is 1.5 years and just love the bonding that happens during this time. It’s so important for my son to spend this time with me, it’s his own personal chill out session with me.
I absolutely love the bonding that breastfeeding allows between myself and my baby. It’s just so special!
That bond between mom and baby ❤️
I can’t wait to hold and feed our newborn in 8 weeks time
I am 6 weeks in with my little one and although there are some times when Breastfeeding can be a little inconvenient, I am loving my Breastfeeding journey. I love the closeness that it brings between my little girl and I – a closeness that is unique to us, and only the two of us will ever share – – just thinking about that unique bond that we will now have forever is just the best gift.
Im a first time mommy due Dec. I love the fact that a women body can grow a little human for 9months and it doesnt stop there, how amazing is it that a womens body can make milk for her baby to feed on. I cant wait to meet my little girl (Maya-Lee) im going to give it my all to breastfeed my little one. I cant wait for the bonding time we are going to spend during breastfeeding. I still need a good pump for when we are somewhere and i will not be able to put her on my breast.
I hate the lopsided-ness. The engorged-nes before I met my holy-grale breastpump. I remember the nipple soreness on day 1 through to day 9 and the tiredness of my mind, my body and my being. ALL that is mellowed out by the simple glossed wide open eyes of my baby boy looking at me. His tiny hands, His little nose, and the will to want to etch these moments into my heart and memory forever… I love this journey and all it’s bends and smiles.
Ek borsvoed nou vir 8 en n half maande. My eertse het ek slegs tot op 3 maande, ek was oningelig oor hoe om te werk en borsvoed. Dit vat baie moeite by die werk om te pomp en jou “supply” op te hou maar ek sal dit vir niks verruil nie! Ek weet ek gee my baba die beste, en die band wat ons het kan ek nie beskryf nie!
That’s a funny and yet a true account of being a mother. I am expecting my first in next 3 months. This aspect of being a mother excites and scares me at the same time.
The bond I shared with my little girl (breastfed her till 15 months) and looking forward to breastfeed my son and having the same bond is just one of the reasons I love breastfeeding!! Then comes the fact that it’s so convenient and hassle-free (no need to wash or sterilize anything) no need to be wide awake while feeding (we would both fall asleep during feeds)
I had NO idea I would love it so much!
Definitely the convenience of always having milk available and at the perfect temperature 😉 and I really enjoy this special bonding time…those adoring looks and smiles during feeds just melt my heart ❤️
I am going to be a first time mom as of January and I plan to breastfeed. I cannot wait to experience the amazing bond I am going to have with my daughter while breastfeeding!
I breastfed my now 2 year old till 5 months… then started to work, and because of nipple confusion he didn’t want the breast anymore… I cried everytime I had to give him the bottle. Pregnant with my second boy now… I quit my job and I can’t wait to breastfeed this little one as long as possible! Loved loved my breastfeeding journey and bonding with my boy.
For me the Idea of breastfeeding was always normal, I had a much younger sibling and was used to seeing my mom breastfeed. So naturally when My son was born breastfeeding came very naturally and we really didn’t have issues.
But what I didn’t know was what breastfeeding would end up meaning to us. My Son was born unexpectedly with a very rare defect called Bladder Extrophy – it happens to one in 50 000 Babies. In his first year of life he had a total of 7 procedures – ranging from 8 hour long operations to having his legs in a cast for 4 weeks as well as reconstructive surgery on his tiny little body.
After his first surgery at 2 days old I was still determined to breastfeed, to be able to give him all the nutrition he needs to be as strong as he can be. and with the help of a very brave NICU nurse we went against Doctors orders and we figured out a way to pick him up, with a million wires and 2 catheter pipes we breastfed, right during the night and after a few days the Doctor was impressed with my sons progress and I proudly told him what we had been doing, He was a little shocked, but then impressed.
In the months to follow we continued breastfeeding, in Doctors rooms, consultation rooms, in hospital beds and at home – I even remember breastfeeding him while sitting on top of a hospital crib , haha prompting myself over him so that he could get what he needs.
The most important part of our Breastfeeding journey is that it helped us both with comfort – it helped us to work through the pain and the surgeries. It helped me to cope and know that even though I had no way of taking away the pain and the procedures, I could give him the comfort and nutrition of breastfeeding.
I’m excited to breastfeed again with my Second, and hope that it will be the same comfort and bonding as it had been for my son and I, just without the surgeries.
I love the bonding time with baby when breastfeeding and that you get all the time to spend with. Baby
I love breastfeed my little boy we get to spend time together just me and him. I know that I’m doing the best for him with all the goodness in breast milk. I love seeing his little face while he drinks. I just love my breastfeeding journey with my little one
I love the bonding time and my baby girl lokking deep into my eyes.
Love the bonding time between us. Every day is a challenge but would not change it for anything. They are only small for a little while.