Ahh nice to hear from another mom who went through NICU experience. Mine was almost a year ago now. Hope to connect more somehow :). I write a lot on my substack about motherhood in the hospital hood..
This could have been a letter to me (about breastfeeding) ten years ago! I really wish it was. Thank you! And you do sound like a warrior— in this life too. ❤️
You are so welcome. I read yours the other day and as I closed this out I thought - well that post of Kathryn's is really what this is all about - giving myself the grace to quit something that was so hard and wasn't working.
Ahh nice to hear from another mom who went through NICU experience. Mine was almost a year ago now. Hope to connect more somehow :). I write a lot on my substack about motherhood in the hospital hood..
Connected! Hooray - there is light here on the interwebs!
This could have been a letter to me (about breastfeeding) ten years ago! I really wish it was. Thank you! And you do sound like a warrior— in this life too. ❤️
Shelly - fortunately your name has five letters and ends in y too - so swap out Emily and it is yours!
I was at a conference a few weeks ago and was very moved by mothers’ reactions to first time breastfeeding even if their kid was a grown adult.
Breastfeeding is like one of those fancy knots - so much tangled up in there, hard to undo, but it is still beautiful.
Thank you for your comment. I’d like to think I am still a warrior! 🙃 I think anyone who’s donned the pump flanges is too.
Just seeing the word “flanges” is triggering! 😂😂😂
The letter we both needed ❤️
This is beautiful. I so appreciate being included in such a wonderful post!
You are so welcome. I read yours the other day and as I closed this out I thought - well that post of Kathryn's is really what this is all about - giving myself the grace to quit something that was so hard and wasn't working.