Here is my very much overdue post that follows up on Breastfeeding sucks. I can give you a little spoiler, but basically at 10 months, I’m still fortunate to be breastfeeding my baby. Both because I can and want, and also because my baby wants to. My goal is to breastfeed for 2 years (for its perceived psychological benefits more than the physical ones) but I’m happy if we reach the 1 year mark. One day (and month) at a time. Then came the storm On my previous post, I mentioned that Dinis was being slow to pick up weight. And he was. I started noticing that he was quite slim at a certain point, but I thought that maybe he was just one of those slim kids. Not all babies are fat, mine wasn’t. My mum and mother in law also didn’t look very confident about is slimness, but so far they hadn’t been that supportive of breastfeeding anyway so I slightly dismissed it as over-worrying (like grandmas do). Not that they were against it, but they just weren’t very confident about the whole process. With the lack of information, none of them breastfed for very long and, in […]

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Oh my. Breastfeeding sucks big time. Well literally. There is an actual baby sucking on your boobs. But my, am I not having the best experience with it. I totally and absolute understand why so many give up. I’ve always supported breastfeeding as the first option for babies since forever, it’s what feels natural in my head. I didn’t judge women’s decision not to breastfeed, I think everyone is entitled to do whatever is best for them and for their babies. But for me, I just think breastfeeding is the best option especially for the baby. But my oh my, how I now understand why there’s so many not doing it! Here’s the truth The truth about breastfeeding is that for most of us it absolutely sucks. Whether that’s temporarily (especially in the first month) or throughout the whole process. For some lucky women and their babies (genetics is a lucky algorithm) it’s simply natural and second nature. Babies come to the breast, make or are quickly taught how to do a good latch and know how to suck correctly. Breasts might be slightly sore due to milk let down a few days or a couple of weeks into it (that’s when […]

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I have a baby! I keep repeating this out loud every now and then. It simply feels quite surreal that I have created a baby! In my belly! #saywhat It’s now been almost three months and honestly, I have been wanting to write about the whole experience (pregnancy, labour, post pregnancy) but so far it’s been so overwhelming that I keep postponing writing for the blog. When not caring for my baby, or out and about, I sincerely just want to rest. Whether that is by sleeping or being on my phone chatting to my fellow mum friends and my family (who unfortunately are based in Portugal), getting distracted with a stupid game I’m addicted to or watching some videos/series online. But let’s finally get down to business. Pregnancy Pregnancy was frankly a good easy one. Of course, I say this and yet I had to deal with some worrying moments. And despite it all, he stayed in until he was 41 weeks and I had to be induced. All in all, I have a very positive experience: no morning sickness, no trouble sleeping and a good end of pregnancy where I listened to my body and was able to rest […]

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