In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month, I’m sharing from our 100 Words Project every day.
A story from Gina:
Breastfeeding: the first days were fear-inducing, the first weeks agonizing, the first months challenging. A healthy naturally-born baby, and he wouldn’t latch. Thank god for my abundant milk supply, support circles, and determined stubbornness – we got through poor latch, nipple shields, thrush, midnight feedings where I cried more than he did because it hurt so badly. The hardest work I’ve ever done. I’m still tired and sore; leave me alone! But I love eye-to-eye nursing, smiles with mouthfuls of milk, falling asleep with “warm milk belly.” My milk nourishes him, body and soul. Breastfeeding in love: 26+ months, going strong.
Stories can be submitted for publication to this blog by emailing them to me at amber@ambermccann.com. Please keep them to 100 words or less. Before publication, stories will be edited only for minor spelling/grammatical errors. If the stories will be published in any other medium or venue, other than this blog, your permission will be obtained. Feel free to widely share this post and encourage others to also submit their stories.
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