mmmum-monday

Breastfeeding

I'm extremely excited to say that in a couple of weeks I'm gonna reach my 9 month nursing goal. If anyone would have told me I would have nursed this far the first month I would have called them crazy. From the get-go I knew 6 months seemed plausible but 9? and a year? to self-wean.The first month was a wreck. I was sleep deprived and very cranky. I also have posted here that I had a bit of depression right after coming home. The first month feedings brought me anxiety, my nipples really ached. Specially the left. The left is my "weak" one. 4-1 ounces pumped compared to my right one.Our struggles now have to do with him being to big to hold while feeding in public. I still love it though, and I'm so thankful I was able to BF. I don't look forward to him self-weaning. Hope he goes easy on me. It feels amazing to know that I've accomplished something so dear to my heart. It almost makes me wonder why more mom's wouldn't wanna breastfeed. I totally get that it's challenging but man it's rewarding as hell. I actually was reading a stupid magazine, On the cover was "Snooki" ( hey it was a long drive) She wanted to bf with the intent of loosing weight. Her "fiance" was quoted saying he wasn't sure it was better than formula.! Crazy..