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Real Feeding Stories from Real Mamas

This mama’s heartfelt message about breastfeeding: “You don’t have to be a purist”

222: the number of days I breastfed this baby. And today, I didn’t.

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One mama’s moving post about weaning: “How do you know when to stop breastfeeding?”

Because for me, the beginnings and the ends and the middles; the phasing out and the in-the-thick-of-it? They’re not so concrete. They blend together always.

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Awake in the middle of the night with a baby? This mom’s viral message is for you

Did you know that when you feel it all and when the lights are off and the thoughts and the cries are loud, you’re not alone?

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To the mama preparing to meet her baby—I remember

I remember the feeling of lightness when Sunday arrived and the heaviness in the days that followed when the visitors left and the hormones crashed and a wave of newness like nothing I’d ever known came over me. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣