In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month, I’m sharing from our 100 Words Project every day.
A story from Alison:
I hated myself for giving formula. I wanted to breastfeed but it turns out that breast hypoplasia left me without an adequate supply. Six years later I still have just one child and life is so much better. I appreciate that I tried pretty darn hard. I eventually got help for all my infant feeding self-loathing. I appreciate that there have been so many other ways to nourish and nurture a healthy, happy child as she has grown. If I have another child I hope to partially breastfeed but will have no guilt for adding formula – no one should.
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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