My breastfeeding journey hasn’t been an easy one. As I reflect, I want to share our story not because it is perfect, but because I hope that it may comfort, help or encourage another mother finding her way … then this will have all been worthwhile.

I'm a first-time mom of a beautiful six-month-old baby girl, and, like most other mothers - first-timers or not-, my breastfeeding journey has exceeded both my highest and my lowest expectations: it has been life-altering. Breastfeeding completely changed the way I view myself and the world and I could easily talk about it for hours on end. Instead, I decided to write my story down to keep it very specific.