Great thread, Purple B!!

I'd practically volunteer to be the president of La Leche League, I think it's so important. I only did it for a year and five months and probably would have done it longer, but he weaned himself. It has such great health benefits for both baby and mom. It was definitely a hassle. I had mastitis, and my baby had the mouth of a ferocious piranha. As I adjusted to it and toughened up, it began to feel great. Nursing in public is awkward at best, especially as uptight as some people are, and I'm modest. Pumping is a pain. Leaking is embarrassing. And one of the things no one ever warned me about was the fact that it would add an awkward element to my sex life. Mamas-to-be, if you've never been a Grafenberg-squirting kind of girl when you crest your sexual peak, you'll be a twin-squirting kind of girl when you do during the breastfeeding months/years. Unless you've just nursed yourself dry before hitting the sack--in which case you're unlikely to be aroused enough to want sex--hope you have a husband who regards that as wildly funny and arousing. Looking back, I'm glad I did it for my son but also for how much it lowers my own risk of breast cancer. I have had friends who've really lamented the loss of their breast shape after nursing, but I guess I was either so young or so small-breasted that it didn't have that effect on me.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Breastfeeding How does everyone feel about breastfeeding? I work with a lot of new moms who have never had experience with latching on- trust me, it can be very difficult to begin breastfeeding, in addition to the plethora of complications (underdeveloped milk ducts, mastitis, nipple soreness) and I find more women, particularly younger moms, are choosing to go to formula. For the moms out there, did you breastfeed, or use formula? Or even both? Which did you find suited you better? In addition to Rating: 5