Why Do 'They' say Breasfeeding is a Sacrifice

Everywhere I go, I get the same thing. People tell me what a great sacrifice I am making or that they could never sacrifice what I do to breastfeed. What I want to know is why its considered one? I don't see the sacrifice in breastfeeding, my body was meant to do this. I do get that a lot of people may think breastfeeding moms cant do anything, but we can do just as much as the next woman. We hang out with friends and maybe a drink here and there, we go shopping and plan lunch with our mother-in-laws.  There really isn't anything that I don't do. I know that breastfeeding is not for everyone, I have a lot of friends that never breastfed and some that just think its gross.

Breastfeeding to me is NOT a sacrifice. Why would I deny my child the best nutrition that I can give him? When I am fully capable of producing and breastfeeding? I love breastfeeding and I have a great relationship with it. It happens naturally, its what I was meant to do.

Here is my other thought, why is breastfeeding such a controversy? It shouldn't be. I know that there are people that don't choose to breastfeed and that is there choice. But choosing to breastfeed your child is also a choice. I will always support both, as its not my place to judge. The one thing on my list that I know most others are uncomfortable with is breastfeeding in public. I breastfeed in public and I am proud, that is the way that my son eats, end of story. Here is what I wish, I wish that I could go to the mall with my kids and when Emma is playing in the children's area. I can sit down and breastfeed Jack with out the stare, people pointing and giving faces, as if I cant see you! Or someone actually asking me to leave. I am covered and there is nothing that should be offending them. I truly believe that its the actual act of breastfeeding itself in a public place that disgust people, regardless of how covered I am.

Here is what I want people to take from this, I want breastfeeding moms to just let it go, there all not worth it and you formula feeding moms, don't let the a BF mom bully you. We are all moms that love our children and that's the only thing that should matter. Not how we choose to feed our children. I will always give as much support and advice to a breastfeeding mother as I can, I was told once that if not for my support that she would not have continued breastfeeding. I can't tell you how much that comment meant to me. So lets all just start telling each other what a great job we are doing. Lets face it being a parent is hard on its own, lets stop making it more difficult on one another.

Thanks for reading!