Breast feeding

So it occurred to me that I have not really posted anything about breast feeding even though I really believe in it. But I'll be the first to say that shit is no walk in the park. I gave up really early with Tyler because I was really tired all the time (before we found my thyroid problem) and he had an allergic reaction to one of the meds I was taking. But I had big regrets about it after it was too late to try again.

 

So I did it longer with Lily, once I got the hang of it, it made life easier it was milk on tap so anytime she needed it I could whip out a boob and feed her, so simple! What wasn't easy is that she was actually born with a tooth. Yes, a tooth, crazy I know but it happens, and that sucker was no baby tooth, it was a sharp shark tooth! I kept reading blogs and articles saying it would get easier after about a month, that it wouldn't be as painful, but the pain never stopped. We thought she had a cyst on her gum, which is common too, until one day I just shoved my finger in there and felt around and sure enough it was a tooth!

 

Despite that little tooth and the pain I got when I nursed I kept going, I didn't want to look back and regret not trying harder like I did with Tyler.  I didn't go as far to nurse in public because she still had to be on formula too because of her jaundice, but I did nurse in the car a few times. I am definitely not the type of person to get embarrassed about exposing a little skin in public but I know how it affects other people so I tried to be polite.

 

But when we were home and had company I had to go into the other room to nurse. And I think that is crazy, I was in my own home and had to be displaced because it could make someone else uncomfortable in my home! We had one of Mikes friends staying with us for a couple of months so I had cover up or go into another room and I hated it. It was my house why should I have to hide myself doing something so natural as breastfeeding? But the men never saw it that way, and a lot of people don't. They see it as you are exposing yourself, because breasts are thought of for intimate times, not feeding times, which is so stupid! My dad has even gone far enough to say that he doesn't think breast milk is any better than formula. The arrogance of these thoughts are insane!

 

The women in my family and my friends fully support breastfeeding and had no problem with me whipping it out wherever we were, but the men don't look at it like that and its about time they learn that it is for other things than just their pleasure! Sure there are women who feel that way too and they need to learn too! I fully support breast feeding and the right to do it anywhere, why should we have to inconvenience ourselves because it makes someone else uncomfortable? We shouldn't! And I am glad women are finally taking a stand against this! You go girls! I fully support you all!