Everyone says it’s special but difficult.. I don’t think anything quite prepares you for the challenge.

For the sleepless nights depleting all you have, with raw and tender nipples that can’t seem to take it anymore but somehow you do. To get precious moments like these, in between the times you think you have a successful feed but they are still seeming unfulfilled. The times they struggle to latch and you are doing everything you can. The empty pumps, the painful lumps.

The milk drunk cuddles.