Hey Breastfeeding Mamas! Need Some Advice? I'm Here to Help.

You’re a mom (or soon to be one). You’re breastfeeding, or you’re thinking about it, and you want more information – but all those pregnancy and “first year” books are just too vague to really give you what you need. You’re tired, you’re confused and you just want someone to tell you what you need to do – pronto!

Welcome to Breastfeeding BFF. I will be your personal guide through this exciting, sometimes challenging but always rewarding journey of nursing your child. You’ll get the scoop on successfully navigating this new chapter of your life, which products work best for your needs, and the tips, tricks and encouragement that every mom needs sometimes.

I always knew that I wanted to nurse, long before I became pregnant – it just seemed like the most beautiful, natural thing to do as a mother. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I couldn’t wait for the moment right after she was born when the nurses would hand her to me, and I would feed her for the first time; and when that actually happened, it was one of the most wonderful moments of my life.

But even though breastfeeding is a beautiful, natural process, our modern lives can tend to make it a bit complicated as well. Aside from all the typical “how the heck to I do this” questions, I also knew I would be returning to work in a few months – and my head filled with all-new sets of questions. How was I going to balance my daily workload with pumping? How often should I be pumping at work, and for how long? What did I need to actually do this and continue nursing successfully?

I don’t have many friends with children, and of those who do, none of them were in the same position as me – a first-time mom, nursing and working full-time. I had friends who were nursing but were stay-at-home moms, or friends who worked but bottle-fed – no one I could turn to and ask my questions, especially the ones that seemed really silly at the time and I felt a little embarrassed about.

I looked through so many books and Web sites, but just couldn’t find the answers I was looking for. Everything seemed so unclear. I admit that I sometimes have trouble trusting my “motherly instincts” – but it’s hard to trust your instincts on anything you’ve never done before, and with hormones and guilt all mixed in there, I was starting to become a basket case!

Now, I’m not knocking the experts – I use and love many child-rearing and development books as a wonderful resource. But there needed to be a place where new breastfeeding moms could go to find the questions that were begging to be asked, the ones that lay in between the lines of the medical resources. So, I decided I would be that place. When it comes to real-world experience and advice, I am your go-to source.

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