My daughter is almost a month old and we’ve been strong with EBF. I have stocked some milk with my haaka, which is awesome. I’ve been away from her for a total of 3 hours - 3 separate hours - so she really hasn’t needed to have breast milk in a bottle much but I have had some given to her when I showered, stuff like that.

It’s great, and I don’t want to quit by any means but I’m so sick of feeling like my body doesn’t belong to me.

I just went months doing things to make sure that she was safe while growing inside of me. I stopped drinking Red Bull smoothies even when I had to work Black Thursday/Friday in the middle of morning sickness peak. I didn’t pop the champagne bottle when I graduated from college, even though I clearly earned it. I pushed an 8 lb baby out of my body and in result have been sitting on a special pillow thanks to my tailbone bruise. My nipples are sore and tired. And ugh i just miss owning my body.

Please tell me I’m not alone.