15 quotes found
“When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles, as though this new person truly mirrors the flesh from which it sprang.”
“I try to feel my own edges in the low light. I send my mind to the outer edges of me wheredo I end?I send myself to my innermost edges,and I seethat in both directionsI am infinite.”
“When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women. Thinking that baby formula is as good as b...”
“The silence stretched out between us as I stared at him, the tears blurring my vision as I waited for him to save me from this torment. Surely he could find a way.”
“If we wear our nursing covers backwards like capes, then everyone can see we're breastfeeding superheroes.”
“I think I would scream too if someone violently jammed a big ass breast in my mouth.”
“The physical relief of having fully drained boobs cannot be overstated.”
“Heaven is the feeling of hand warmers on sore nipples.”
“Go hug a nursing mom -- but not too hard. Her boobs may hurt.”
“I can absolutely assure you that birth is nothing like holding an ice cube in your hand for a minute and breathing through the "pain.”
“In case you haven't heard, let me tell you now, babies do not come out knowing how to breastfeed.”
“If nursing were easy, there wouldn't be so many helpful products.”
“Though breastfeeding is supposed to the most natural thing ever, it seems like a rich-people sport for all the stuff we buy to help.”
“Successful breastfeeding take courage, resilience, patience, and support and it always has. If your partner or support group hasn't piled on the accolades for your heroism, then let them know you w...”
“I've been melted into somethingtoo easy to spill. I make moreand more of myself in orderto make more and more of the baby. He takes it, this making. And somehowhe's made more of me, too.”
