My friend Toni over at Wifely Steps gave birth just a few months ago, and she wrote an amazing blog post about the struggles that come with being a breastfeeding mom.

"While I did read up a lot on breastfeeding, I still wanted needed support from others," she writes. "It was surprising how comments like 'Matutuyuan ka rin, mga two weeks.' ('You’ll dry up in two weeks.') or 'Are you sure you’re giving him enough milk? You should give him formula already' could be so demotivating. I felt like nobody believed I could breastfeed at all.... What worked for me ... [was declaring] 'Look, I want to try this out okay? This means a lot to me, and I would really appreciate if you could help me out.'"

Her blog post enumerates several different sources of stress, and she shares terrific tips on how to deal with them if you're going through something similar. You can read the rest of Toni's post here.

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