I feel a real sense of pride in that my body is providing for Baby Turtle as she grows (and for Frog and Bird sometimes if I express milk!) and in the closeness we share when she feeds. Yes, it has made me appreciate my body a lot more. Has breastfeeding made you feel different about your body? I love nursing and will just answer questions honestly.Ĩ. I’m not particularly worried about it though. I expect that I might get questions as Baby Turtle gets bigger and if she chooses to feed later into toddlerhood or pre-school age. They seemed to think I was a little mad for having no routine and not knowing when she’d next want a feed. Have you been questioned for breastfeeding? Most of the time people don’t even notice she is feeding, even when they come up to coo and stroke her hair!ħ. I’m lucky to have never had any negative reactions.
I am proud of my feeding, and while I do it discreetly, I won’t shy away from giving Baby Turtle milk when she wants it. By the second time I wasn’t embarrassed any more and now I feed wherever I am.
With my first I didn’t breast feed in public at all! I expressed milk and took a bottle out with me. How did you feel when you first breastfed in public? I think it’s hard for some of my family to be as supportive though, just because they have no experience of breast feeding and don’t really ‘get’ it.Ħ. My partner has been great, and also a lot of women I’ve spoken to on parenting forums. Who supported you the most with breastfeeding? The soreness cleared up quite easily with some Mother’s Balm from Neal’s Yard Remedies that I was bought as a new-mum gift.ĥ. The worst I’ve had to deal with is sore nipples in the early weeks and around four months when she had a growth spurt. Did you have to overcome challenges on your breastfeeding journey?
Also now that she’s older, the way her face lights up a bit when she sees my breast.Ĥ. The intimacy of holding her close to me, and having her drink the milk that my body has provided for her. What is the best thing about breastfeeding? Personally, I hope this is not for a long time as I love feeding her!ģ. This time we are at 7.5 months and I have no intention of stopping until Baby Turtle decides she no longer wants to feed from me. With my first two, I only managed a couple of months each. How long did you breastfeed or are you planning to breastfeed? I think if I had known before what I know now, I would have continued with breast feeding and not needed to use formula.Ģ. This time around I am really glad to still be nursing and wouldn’t have it any other way. The only reason I switched to bottles after a while with my first two is because I had concerns about their health, and I wish that I could have had more faith in my body and managed to nurse for longer. I just wanted to breast feed, despite most of my family (myself included) being bottle fed. Baby Wants Tits.I don’t really feel like it was a decision. If you haven’t seen these breastfeeding memes yet, you’re in for a treat: 1. The majority of internet memes are hilariously funny, but these top 10 offensive baby and boob memes completely miss the mark. There’s something even grosser about pretending like a baby gets something sexual out of breastfeeding, such as captioning a dopey looking infant with a dudebro quote about a “nice rack.†And let’s not forget that these dopey babies are breastfeeding from their MOMS—increasing the ick factor even more.īreastfeeding is not sexual and never will be. But there’s something about associating babies with the word “tits†that just grosses me out. I’ll be the first to admit that I have a terrible, below-the-belt sense of humor. It most certainly is not sexual, until someone makes a creepy breastfeeding  meme about it. There are plenty of people who are offended by breastfeeding in public because they feel that it is “inappropriate.†Obviously, the way to eradicate this issue is to emphasize the fact that breastfeeding is a normal, human function used to provide food. I thought by now we had all come together and agreed that breastfeeding wasn’t sexual.
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