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Painfully over a few days, we got our latch situation sorted out. My nipples stopped bleeding. The baby's chin rash vanished. You would think everything would be coming up roses. Read More...

" From the moment I learned I was pregnant, I assumed I would breastfeed. Nothing else even crossed my mind. I'm lucky to be from the sort of family where natural childbirth and breastfeeding are the default, and anything else is an exception. " But things... Read More...

This time in 2003, I didn't even know I was pregnant. My university boyfriend and I had just split up, and I was living alone in a one-room shack in Yellowknife with no running water. I was planning to stay there for a year before beginning a master's... Read More...

They say not to take things for granted. But who would think rocking your baby would be one of those moments. Read More...

In the end, I really want to breastfeed, but if I need to supplement or find I’m really not able to breastfeed, then I’ll cross that path when it comes. I think for me, I need to keep in mind that I can’t put too much pressure on myself; keep the... Read More...

My milk is medicine. And so I have breastfed. And she is alive. And she is satisfied. And we are fulfilled. And, we are still one. Read More...

My first time breastfeeding in public may have been less than perfect but, I did it and I would do it again. Read More...

Sometimes it’s bad, sometimes it’s torture; sometimes you might feel like running out of the house and taking the first plane you can catch out of here, but it, without fail, always gets better. Read More...

We had always tried to do our best to brush her teeth regularly, but the fact is that she sometimes nursed at night and she always fell asleep while nursing. I had read that babies who fall asleep with a bottle often end up with cavities. Was she going... Read More...

I have no idea if all the investments I’ve made in their little lives over the past few years will actually pay off. I have no idea if they are ready to handle all the stresses of the world or if I will be able to stand by and let them deal with it... Read More...