In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month, I’m sharing from our 100 Words Project every day.
Today’s post is from Katie:
I never understood aversions to breastfeeding, but I also didn’t understand deep emotional connections to it. But that’s because I hadn’t experienced the joy of feeling my son latch for the first time. I hadn’t felt the sinking pit of D-MER just prior to a letdown. I hadn’t felt the fatigue of my muscles as I learned to breastfeed. But most of all I hadn’t seen my son’s innate strength and wisdom guiding him to my breast in search of nourishment and comfort, and I hadn’t felt the profound peace of knowing I could provide exactly what he needed.
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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