About Me

Why did no one tell me that breastfeeding was hard? 

I assumed since it was "natural" that it would be easy! 

I spent 9 months reading and preparing for childbirth that lasted less than 24 hours, but had less than 3 hours "training" on breastfeeding that lasted more than 13 months! Why wasn't there more guidance for something so important as feeding a child and so tied to a mother's identity? 

These were just some of the questions I had which left me unsettled and led me to become not only a pediatric and postpartum nurse, but a family nurse practitioner focusing on lactation and perinatal mental health. More needed to be offered for mothers and babies.