08/04/2020
This month is National Breastfeeding Month
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This was a hard post for me to write about because I struggled so much with nursing Koa.
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Knowing so much about health and how vital it is to breastfeed babies to help boost their immune and influence their growth and development, I put a lot of pressure on myself to meet so many expectations especially when it came to breastfeeding.
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Knowing what I knew, prevented me from looking for any other options when the struggle was unbearable.
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I held to this rigid belief that no matter what, including 6 bouts of mastitis and countless clogged ducts, I couldn’t prevent my newborn from my milk.
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Looking back, I realized how alone I felt through this journey and how little I knew about being a mom let alone breastfeeding.
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As I started writing this post, I just wanted to share my story with other moms or moms to be not to make it sound like breastfeeding was a bad/ negative experience but that everyone’s experience is their own.
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Also that breastfeeding is a choice and no matter what way you choose to feed your baby, we can support each other through this journey of caring for and nourishing our babies.
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🚫No more shame, “mom” guilt or judgement.
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💕Only love, support and compassion.
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For the next few weeks I’ll be sharing more about my BF journey and some tips, recipes, and tools to support our postpartum selves with or without breastfeeding. @ Honolulu, Hawaii
