nursing and nursing bras
Baby Girl is going to be a year old next month and I'm wondering how much longer I get to breastfeed. She goes through phases of having no interest and then phases of wanting nothing but the boob. I love breastfeeding. It's so easy and obvious. Actually, I take that back. It isn't "easy" per se. Any breastfeeding mom knows the difficulty of feeding a bigger baby who is hungry but also wants to take in all there is to see in the world...or wants to have immediate let down and gets ultra pissed when the boobs don't just fountain as they wish... so they give up... only to leave you blue-boobed when the milk DOES let down. I've had 2 or 3 (I honestly can't remember for sure) systemic breast yeast infections that bowled me flat, but didn't stop me.
But you know what? It really is awesome. I do it for as long as I do it because it IS work and just seems like one of the most natural animalistic things left in this world that connects us to every other mammal. Breastfeeding our young. Beyond the medical research about why it's the best for a baby.....Deep inside I feel regret that I didn't have natural childbirth with either of my kids. there was no way! they were huge! But breastfeeding is something I do for them readily and without hesitation. Big boy breast fed until 15 months. I stopped only because I had to travel away and he seemed ready. Who knows how long Baby Girl will stick with it.
Why do I go on about breatfeeding? Well... beyond how awesome it is....It's my nursing bras. They are shot and they are expensive, but they are DIVINE.... I want to get new ones, but we're talking $150 to replenish and if Baby Girl is going to finish up soon on her own, why invest? But they are soo great, and every woman knows how hard it is to find a goooood bra. And therefore that much harder to find a good one for nursing. Nursing: when breasts change shape and size over and over throughout the day.... or need to be fastened half asleep in the dark or without looking under three layers of clothes at the park while STILL making the girls look fabulous, keeping them comfy and looking sexy too???
Bella Materna... so worth every penny. I think i just talked myself into buying the bras.. ha ha ha