she just came across to me as a innocent first time mum, who didnt like her parents experience of birth, and thought , like many today , that natural birth is not that bad..............and its not surprising that having that simple idea, about birth, she would have had the same about breastfeeding.
she sounds like a woman who had full control of all aspect of her life, like many of us do, before we have our first child.
we just dont realise the reality of many things, when we go through pregnancy and labour, and then being a parent.
she had a nice healthy baby, and the end result is a happy mum and baby.
her story is not different, but one i have heard before from many mothers.
one mum i knew, even brought the hand woven bedewin (SP?) rug to give birth on to, in front of the(newly put in fireplace) fire, and kept the after birth, to make into pate for the babies naming day. Which all sounded rather romatic and hippy.
she did get her home birth, and found it to be rather more painful that she realised.
breastfeeding was quickly abandoned, when that too was painful, and the hippy mother , was swiftly back at work, in her work suit, high heels and fed infant in day nursery.
all doing well and happy.
like i mentioned, we all hit that reality brick wall eventually.
some of us just hit it with rather quickly , and head on.