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.