lets start a new thread ...whats good about breastfeeding

[pregnantbabyelephant]

lets start a new thread ...whats good about breastfeeding
to cheer us struggling ones up

1. you have one hand free so you can type on mn while bf allday lol

2. you get to get out of doing stuff u dont wanna do cuz your bf baby

please add more

1. you get to cuddle your baby allday long lol

4 you save money ...that you can spend on yourself hehe
or little baby

1. It is just soooooooooooo lovely doing it.

ooh yeah the one hand free thing is great it's really difficult to change chanels with the remote with a bottle in your hand!

6 you can go out with out taking bottles

You don't have to get out of bed in the middle of the night and go downstairs and put the kettle on to warm a bottle and wake the whole house up.

can can watch as much tv /dvds as you want

you think to yourself "ooh neighbours is on"

you say to dh "I'm just gonna try feeding again he didn't seem to take much last time" then settle on sofa for 1/2 hour

you get to use nice comfy breastfeeding rooms when your out and about instead of the smelly nappy changing one with the manky bottle warmers

if you answer the door whilst breast feeding i can gaurantee double glazing salesmen don't hang around long.

people smile at you when out and about and offer you water when feeding

and offer you comfy chairs

DD1 was born with Down's syndrome.
24 hours later I still hadn't held her but just found out that she had a healthy, happy heart. I held her for the first tiem and pout her to my breast. I was told that as she had DS she would be likey to have trouble latching on. she took to me straight away and in that instant I fell in love. i though 'PAH, her heart is fine, AND she can breastfeed, she's goning to be just fine this one' and it was the best feeling int he world.

Having them search you out, feeling their little mouths on your brest and being able to nourish them, keep them alive from your own body, ohhhhhh WOW. You kept them alive for 9 months inside you and you are continuing to do that in the way nature intended it.

Having a free hand to stroke their little heads and cheeks as they feed.

BLISS

thats lovely thomcat you go girl !

no having to worry if the temp of the milk is right...its perfect

you get to do all the lovely cuddly feeding
dh or dp gets to do the nappies lol

can i ask-does it hurt?

it dos at first ime but you get paast that at about 4-6 weeks

thanks

Your uterus contracts as you brestfeed so you get after pains as you feed but it's good for yu paon and doesn't last long.

it can be painfiul if you have over engorged boobs or get a blocked milk duct but these things happen early on in bf and once you have been feedign a while they don't bother you again.

yes another good thing helps you lose weight

you need! to eat more when bf

gives you a great sense of pride and achievement

chocolate is VERY good for a brestfeeding mother

for 8 weeks it was crap and then it just turned slowly into this blissful, relaxing hours of reading/tv or just daydreaming in the dark.
as a 32a cup i can say that a bosom was nice!