Most moms I know are willing to talk about it, listen to me talk about it, AND talk with me while I am doing it - they even sit in the same room as me. Woohoo!
But as far as I can tell, these feelings are not shared with the rest of the population. So every three hours if we are out of our own home I end up in an upstairs room, isolated from everyone for about 35 minutes. It's super fun. Not.
Truthfully, I am not going to feed my child in the middle of church or a restaurant, I am not exactly comfortable pulling out the girls in public, but even if I do end up in a back room somewhere - it is nice to have company. My husband has been great about coming upstairs and keeping me somewhat entertained but I can tell that he gets bored pretty quickly. Especially when he knows he is missing out on the conversation about the next camping trip or someone's new putter (it's a golf thing, so I do not partake in those conversations).
This is why I am super excited for two things in the future. Number 1: I have a few mommy friends who are also breastfeeding so when we get together we can sit and feed our little ones together! No awkward questions like "where are you going" or "why are you taking the baby away?" Just some mommies feeding their little ones chatting about onesies, spit up, and babies.
And number 2: when I finally build up a good milk supply, we can introduce Mason to a bottle! I am currently trying to pump about twice a day to store up milk for the future which makes me feel like a human vending machine. Once I have a bit stored up not only will mommy be able to stay in the same room as everyone else but daddy, grandma, or basically anyone else can feed him instead of me. Super pumped about that. Pun intended.
But until those days arrive I will just be sitting here. Feeding Mason. All by myself. And of course my iPhone, which I write basically all of these posts on.
Mama Mia out.
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