And Kudos to your Kirsty. Well done and it's great you are so comfy about your decisions.

For me my si\tuation was so very different. I was battered and bruised because of all the "you're mad for continuing bla bla blah... That's the flip side. And my goodness it was no picnic. Sometimes I cannot believe what I went through! But like you Kirsty I continued to follow my dreams and goals and what my heart was telling me to do in the voice of all the nay sayers. I think what I am saying is that there are people who judge every decision. My situation was that I was not supported much at all by the general community to continue to breastfeed. Thankfully I had very proactive and physically spportive friends, care providers and my own experience.

So, I truly get how we need to feel comfortable in our decisions. Our choices. Becuase they are ours. And surely there were nights of 2 hour feedings and bleeding nipples and mastitis when I thought: "they were right" (amidst loud sobs and blubbers!). But I did what was right for me and my child/ren.

We have to do what is right for us. We have to follow our heartsong. And you are absolutely correct Kirsty it is only us who we have to go to bed with at night. We each have our own choices. It's reconciling them and owning them that's the hard stuff (in my experience...)
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Thanks for sharing and being so frank Kirsty...