Breastfeeding after Reduction
My original intention was to revamp old breastfeeding blogs after reviewing them.
I can’t do that. I’m honoring who I was when I wrote the original blogs, and I need to write another one honoring the growth and wisdom I have gleaned since those experiences.
Maternal Mental Health
This is something that I feel we (women specifically) have been conditioned to do over the generations - stop listening to our instincts, and start sacrificing how we feel for the sake of others. I honestly feel this is a big part that plays into maternal mental health.
I see the Light
I listened to I See the Light which is a love song between the main characters, and all I could hear was a love song to my daughter and how much I ached that I watched her first two years of life through a heavy fog of postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety.
“Mommy Juice”
“I just need a break!” She yelled not at anyone in particular, but as a cry out of desperation.
Self Advocate Pt. 2
Informed consent is so incredibly important and you deserve to be knowledgeable before you’re in labor.
Self Advocate Pt. 1
You owe it to yourself to be in control of your health, and your life.
The Fruit Tree
For Christmas last year I was gifted a citrus tree and an avocado tree.
Our Breastfeeding Journey
When I was 12 years old I made the decision to get a breast reduction. I was a 36DD and miserable. I couldn’t run and be as active as I wanted to, and would go to bed at night in excruciating pain. One of the questions I had pre-op was “will I still be able to breastfeed?”
The Bathroom Sink
Everyone says “you can’t pour from an empty glass”. I disagree. I poured, and poured, and poured. For almost 2 years I poured everything I had and then some. I can’t say that what I poured was the best I could have, but I still poured.