We're just a week or two away from starting solids with our baby, and I'm simultaneously so excited and so sad about it. Such a special, difficult, beautiful season of growing.
I miss being a nursing mother :’( I don’t think I made it past 3 weeks with my 3rd this time around. I suspected a tongue tie and tried to get help but I was limited. I couldn’t bare the pain & crying anymore so I opted to pump instead. Was hoping to be able to try again as she got older but my supply tanked severely after getting sick and I just couldn’t keep up. Last month we finally switched to formula and I still find myself saddened by it.
Ahhhhhh sweet Michele, my heart aches for you. I'm glad that your sweet babe is getting what she needs, but I know that decision can be such a heavy one. You're doing great, mama.
Thank you for this reflection. Beautifully written. You capture the contradictions of motherhood so well-that line of “you’d die for her but you wish it could be a little easier to live for her” absolutely floored me
I'm coming up, with our third, on the time our second was about ready to be done nursing.... keep wondering when it will be. I do love nursing but also feel like a new, different woman when it's done! Lovely reflections here.
Ah, yes! I was already pregnant with our second when our first weaned, so I haven't yet experienced that reset... I'm not necessarily looking forward to weaning, but I'd be lying if I said there aren't days I'm ready to be not nursing.
(And by the New Woman Reset feeling... I should clarify that I was pregnant both times weaning, as well. Ha! This will be my first time weaning not pregnant. Our bodies are amazing to be able to do all of this, though.)
Ain't that the truth! I experienced such strong nursing aversion while pregnant, and still get twinges of it during overnight feeds if I'm particularly hungry or sleep-deprived. I'm hoping that, if and when the next one comes, it will be after some time for a true reset... but the Lord will provide either way. It truly does leave you feeling like a bit of a badass though, to know that three human beings (self, toddler, baby) are being sustained in whole or part by your body.
Great insights, especially for men who see their partners nursing but might not have had the opportunity to know all the details. On behalf of all men, I just want to send love to all who have nursed /currently nursing 🧑🍼We respect what you do for the world, thank you
Oh I miss being a nursing mother, but I also don't miss it at all. Oh the conflict. Such a lovely compassionate piece, Sara.
We're just a week or two away from starting solids with our baby, and I'm simultaneously so excited and so sad about it. Such a special, difficult, beautiful season of growing.
These words are pure magic, thank you ✨❤️
This was so beautiful Sara. Stopped breastfeeding my littlest a few months ago and this took me straight back ✨
This is beautiful and I'm crying
So glad you enjoyed it, Hallie! I think I was crying when I wrote it tbh (((((: but probably just from overwhelm and hormones
I miss being a nursing mother :’( I don’t think I made it past 3 weeks with my 3rd this time around. I suspected a tongue tie and tried to get help but I was limited. I couldn’t bare the pain & crying anymore so I opted to pump instead. Was hoping to be able to try again as she got older but my supply tanked severely after getting sick and I just couldn’t keep up. Last month we finally switched to formula and I still find myself saddened by it.
Ahhhhhh sweet Michele, my heart aches for you. I'm glad that your sweet babe is getting what she needs, but I know that decision can be such a heavy one. You're doing great, mama.
Thank you for this reflection. Beautifully written. You capture the contradictions of motherhood so well-that line of “you’d die for her but you wish it could be a little easier to live for her” absolutely floored me
So, so glad it resonated. It is such a vocation of contradictions.
I'm coming up, with our third, on the time our second was about ready to be done nursing.... keep wondering when it will be. I do love nursing but also feel like a new, different woman when it's done! Lovely reflections here.
Ah, yes! I was already pregnant with our second when our first weaned, so I haven't yet experienced that reset... I'm not necessarily looking forward to weaning, but I'd be lying if I said there aren't days I'm ready to be not nursing.
Totally get that.
(And by the New Woman Reset feeling... I should clarify that I was pregnant both times weaning, as well. Ha! This will be my first time weaning not pregnant. Our bodies are amazing to be able to do all of this, though.)
Ain't that the truth! I experienced such strong nursing aversion while pregnant, and still get twinges of it during overnight feeds if I'm particularly hungry or sleep-deprived. I'm hoping that, if and when the next one comes, it will be after some time for a true reset... but the Lord will provide either way. It truly does leave you feeling like a bit of a badass though, to know that three human beings (self, toddler, baby) are being sustained in whole or part by your body.
Great insights, especially for men who see their partners nursing but might not have had the opportunity to know all the details. On behalf of all men, I just want to send love to all who have nursed /currently nursing 🧑🍼We respect what you do for the world, thank you