Baby Bump update- 22 weeks

So we are 22 weeks already! It is crazy how fast this all just fly's by while you are chasing a toddler around. We do not have an official date yet when my husband is leaving but we have a tentative date and we only have about 7 weeks to go as a family under one roof! So we are just soaking up every moment and counting down till the next chapter.

This week is World Breastfeeding Week and I came across this article CDC Calls Out Hospitals For Not Supporting Breastfeeding

I breastfed my son for 13 months and I feel that my success was do the great nurses at my hospital putting that baby on me every moment and having great women in my life to support me no matter what. My opinion on the subject is this I totally agree they should support the mothers decision on how to feed their baby, unfortunately many women who want to breastfeed never get or can afford to get the support to do so and are forced into bottle feeding. I wish it was as easy as a personal choice for all and support either way was available if needed. Unfortunately the story I hear from my friends that wanted to breastfeed and can't it usually goes like this. A lactation consultant never met with them while at the hospital and since nobody showed them how to breastfeed the baby is given formula in the hospital, making it more difficult. Then when home milk never comes in and when help is looked for it is already too late and when they decide to commit to formula, and then they are made to feel like a failure. None of this is acceptable in my book, mothers should be supported and surrounded by love in the beginning stages of motherhood. I truly believe i was successful because the hospital did what this article suggests, the baby stayed in my room , and the nurses had no problem waking me up during those first days to feed him every opportunity I had, and that I had a great support system. Whatever your choice mothers need to be supported and given the resources to do what is right for them. I loved my time as a breastfeeding Mama and can't wait till December to have another nursling at my side constantly, it was such a wonderful blessing and magical time in my son's life!!