Since entering into this new world of motherhood I've been asked a few times about my experience breastfeeding. I remember once being on the outside of this group looking in and having all the same questions. Which is why I decided to put keyboard to screen and whip this post together. While this blog is mostly personal my goal is to also make it informative. These are the products/techniques that I found to be essential during the 10 months I spent nursing and pumping!
Amelia had a hard time getting the hang of nursing at first. We nursed exclusively in the hospital and after realizing she just wasn't getting the hang of it I hooked up to my pump for the first time. I got a pathetic amount of colostrum and it really was "liquid gold" as it is popularly referred to. Amelia eventually went on to latching successfully and we did a hybrid of nursing and pumping over the next 10 months. Nursing and pumping are a labor of love, by the end of the 10 months I was ready to burn my pump as if I was burning my bra with those chicks in the 60's. (Forgive me for not caring enough to google when that actually happened and why, that's not what you're here for anyway) Needless to say, while you're participating in this labor of love you might as well make it as easy as possible.
