Well, since I’m 23 weeks pregnant right now, a lot of my breastfeeding experiences now include talking to people about breastfeeding while pregnant. I get a lot of questions from people like “Is that safe?” I have to bite my tongue when they ask that. If it wasn’t safe, I hope I wouldn’t still be doing it 19 weeks after I found out I was pregnant.

Another question is, “How do you have the patience for that?” or “Aren’t you exhausted?” When I first got pregnant, I thought that breastfeeding during the first trimester especially would make being pregnant even harder, but I found the opposite to be true. I found that breastfeeding my ds made getting through the day a little easier. I got to sit down and rest for 20 minutes first thing in the morning when we woke up. Then, mid-morning, I got another chance to take a load off for my son’s next feeding. Again, at around 1:30 and 4ish, we sat down and I relaxed with my eyes closed as he ate.

I really believe that breastfeeding my son actually allowed me an extra hour and a half or so every day to sit and rest.