Stop losing sleep over my breasts. Me and my baby are not.
Disclaimer : I support both breastfeeding and formula feeding. You need to do what’s bed for you 🫶🏻.
It might not be for you but it is for me.
It might not be the norm for you, but it’s normal to me. (Probably because it’s a physiological process.
Stop telling mothers you wouldn’t breast feed. My breastfeeding friends don’t don’t tell formula milk mothers they wouldn’t use formula.
You might look at me feeding my youngest baby, whilst helping the other with pity and think she’s making it hard for herself.
For me it doesn’t make sense to pay for milk that’s not as good, to have extra bottles to clean and sterilise. (All of that on the endless list of jobs I already have is too much for me).
If you could choose processed food or organic, you would choose the latter.
There is no substitute to human breastmilk. My milk makes the perfect milk for my baby. It makes the right amount and is always adapting to suit my babies needs.
No one has ever asked if I like breastfeeding. I’m filled with opinions of it must be hard work. For me this is not true.
I love breastfeeding my baby. It makes me happy knowing I’m giving my baby the very best. It’s also relaxing.
I like knowing if I catch an illness my baby inherits my antibodies.
My and my baby are filled with oxytocin hormones and it’s our special bonding. Time goes so fast and it won’t be long until my baby doesn’t need me.
Society has influenced us to believe, breastfeeding is hard work. That our milk isn’t good enough. But I know that’s not true. (Commercial Formula milk industry make over 55 Billion dollars a year). How convenient for them.
When my baby wakes in the night hungry, I don’t dread turning the light on, making a bottle of milk and faffing around.
We snuggle together, while my baby latches on all cosy and safely in bed. It’s not too cool, not too hot. It’s fresh, it’s ready, it’s perfect and we cuddle.
Stop pathologising women’s body’s when naturally feeding our babies.
It’s my maternal instincts so cuddle my baby and breastfeed my baby. I love it. It makes us both happy. I have a positive mental health and my baby is thriving.
With my first baby, I stopped breastfeeding too early. Listening to the noise of society and not tuning into my instincts. I knew deep down it wasn’t ready to drop and it didn’t feel right but we did. And then I struggled. It was hard making bottled in the night. It was hard to instantly calm my baby. My breasts were empty. It didn’t feel right. My body wasn’t making as much oxytocin (love hormones) the the broken sleep became difficult.
This time around I’m doing what’s best for me. My choice is from educating myself on both breastmilk and commercial formula milk along with my intuitive maternal instincts.
It makes sense.
The benefits of breastfeeding for mother and baby are incomparable. Check the link below to find out more information.
But think about this, the benefits aren’t common knowledge because no one can make money off breastmilk. More money is made from women going back to work early. This is a more than just breastfeeding, it’s a feminist issue that most of use are unaware of.
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