if any of you are new moms having a nightmare nursing experience but feel guilty about switching to formula, DM me so i can talk to you into it. this is a mental health issue.
everyone piles on the facts. IQ stats, whatever. The kids are fine! They’re eating! Let’s talk FEELINGS: moms turning themselves inside out to meet an expectation of what they thought early motherhood would be. In this case, it can be lonely and soul-crushing. AND NOT BLISSFUL
I spent SIX HOURS A DAY pumping and the rest of it crying. Why didn’t one lactation person go nope, that’s too hard. Stop it.
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