Breastfeeding Bliss...NOT!

I had hoped to be able to supply my baby with all sorts of good breastmilk. It just never happened. Friend after friend suggested I talk with the lactation specialist. I didn't. I tried my best from what what they taught be before I left the hospital and what I read online and just before I went back to work, it seemed like I would really make it happen.

But there was no time to pump at work and I think stress played a huge factor as it usually does for this blackMomma. And interestingly enough, just as with my pregnancy where I didn't see more than 3 pregnant black women the entire time; now, I realized I had not seen a Black Women Breastfeeding since I was a child.  And you know what?!  As was proven loud and clear in the hospital, I didn't want a white lactation specialist telling me anything. Which is why I watched the black women on the what to expect while expecting videos.

Anyway, let's hope things can be different for other's of you out there, and let's hope for more lactation specialist of color.

What I learned today...

If you are a Momma and you want to take a nap, just when you get the baby down and you get snuggly on the couch; the phone will ring. It will seem very, very, important...but it will really be a telemarketer. Don't ever pick up the phone in those moments. Let them leave a message. If the world is going to come to an end you are already in the right place; snuggly with your baby. Anything else can wait, DAMMIT!