I understand you Lucy, i often felt the weight of extreme SOLE responsibility on my shoulders in having a baby who would only BF and only take ebm from me. It was draining at times but like you i felt that it was a small sacrifice for what is considered the optimal milk source. And over time i did begin to enjoy just as much as he did.

Apart from feeling the pressure of being the only one able to feed my DS - he's 14 months and i still cannot leave him for more than about 3 hours - but honestly why would i want to be away longer than that?

I find BF incredibly convenient and i wonder if a stream of ads showing the convenience of bf might affect its perceived inconvenience quite positively.

I also wear sexy underwire bras with pretty tops, i haven't leaked since DS was one month old, i've had the odd glass of wine with dinner and given him EBM. I have also been deathly ill with the flu and still produced milk and fed my son.


The last line of the article bothers me................................................ ................

While i dont think childbearing and feeding should be viewed as an inonvenience, you have to accept that it changes things in your life and that its okay to be "put out" for a while, a few years of "inconvenience" isn't too much in the grand scheme of life (should you happen to find it inconvenient)