I Miss Breast Feeding

It has been a couple weeks since I had to stop breast feeding, and I miss that connection that I had with my daughter. I feel odd talking about it with most of my close friends since none of them have children. Most of the time I hear complaints about how they think it would be too painful or that it is gross.

I think it was one of the best things I could have ever given my daughter for her first year of life. She is very healthy. She has only had a cold twice, and she did not seem to mind them at that. It also gave me time to just completely relax with my daughter through out the day without having to think about all the homework I had due the next day or how many hours of work I had managed to scrape up that week.

Medela Pump in Style- AMAZING

Also, it saved so much money and prevented a lot of waste from having to buy formula bottles and other waste.

I think every young mom going to high school or to college should know that they do have options to continue breast feeding if they chose that route because I initally did not know how I was going to pull it off. Nurses at the school clinics are more than willing to provide you with a room to pump breast milk.

Green Points:

1. Do not have to use up more plastic bottles or tins of formula.
2. No pollution emitted from creating breast milk. 

Mom Points:

1. Better for baby's health. 
2. Time to relax and bond with baby.
3. Helps shed pregnancy weight and decreases chances of breast cancer.
4. Low cost.

It's definitely the best thing I have ever done.