 Why is breastfeeding so taboo for some? We know it's the best way to feed your baby, but still, many different reasons stop many different moms in their tracks. Today, we're sitting down with a mom and a doctor to have a personal conversation about breastfeeding. What, if anything, scared you the most about breastfeeding. I've heard so many horror stories about like your nipples being chapped and cracking and bleeding, so to be honest, that was the scariest thing for me. Because the end of itself is such a new and exciting time, but it's also a very scary time for a lot of women. What are some common misconceptions that maybe new moms come in with about breastfeeding that you have to kind of steer in the right direction? I think probably the most important one is that it takes too much time, right? But it takes too much time, it's like, you know what I mean? It's like, you know, I've got, I've got other things to do, and you do, right? Brand new baby, you've got a life to live in, but breastfeeding is beyond convenient. You are the source of nutrition. The time portion of it feels very encompassing. Right, right. But then the other side of that, like you said, is I'm making this sacrifice because I know the milk that I'm producing is better than the milk that I can purchase. My mom immediately was very much supportive of it. From the beginning when I was telling her that I wasn't sleeping, because hello, you know, every two hours and in the beginning she was cluster feeding, which I had never heard of. Right, in my life. I felt like we were throwing things at me that I was like, girl, give her some formula and the whole myth of like, she'll sleep through the night. And you know, I know some women who were like, yeah, my baby totally slept long, you know, through the night much sooner on formula. And let me tell you, there were some nights when it came close and I was like, I mean, maybe it's true. Latching is important early because it's a little bit different to the lateral breast that it is on a nipple. Sure. But once they've kind of gotten the feel for it, you go back and forth. pregnancy changes people a lot, physically, and for some they welcome that change, and there are others who feel that the change is perhaps not so much. And so getting back to where at least where they thought they would like to be prior to the pregnancy as quickly as possible after is important. And breastfeeding is a wonderful resource to do that. And of course, what better than feeding the baby and you get your body back. Right. You still got to work, but it's helping.