Take my advice: 10 things breastfeeding mums need to know
If you’re gearing up to embark on a breastfeeding journey, or even if you’ve already trekked many miles with your milk-filled mammaries – make a cuppa, pull up a seat and get the benefit of all my hard-won breastfeeding experience. You never know … I may just be able to save you from making the same mistakes as me!
2. You'll usually have two hands free
Once you’ve got the hang of it, breastfeeding will probably give you the most freedom to use both of your hands for any given task. Just prop your baby on a nursing pillow while they feed, and you’re free to knit, read a book, eat your lunch, complete your thesis, or just Pin stuff you’ll never get around to doing.
Ironically, though, unless you’re one of the lucky ones who is co-ordinated enough to be able to walk and breastfeed, you’ll be confined to just one spot. So it’s freedom, with a price.
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