Is Breastfeeding For Me?
We tend to engage in the same behaviours as our peers or those with whom we spend most time. So unless others in your family or circle are breastfeeding or open to the idea, you may not even consider it as a possibility.
This has occurred in a climate during which the special and sacred gifts of women, nurturing and the power of love have been perceived as less important than intellect, rationale and logic.
As an empowered woman you may wish to be aware of the following benefits for you and baby of using your breasts to nourish this precious new addition to your family.
Breast-milk is Alive
Unlike formula that has been produced in a factory somewhere, travelled extensively and sat on a shelf for some time, your breast-milk is alive and oozing life force.
Breast-milk is Superior
Plain and simple, your breast-milk provides the very best food you can give to your baby. Your amazing breasts accommodate to the needs of your baby and depending on what has happened in the last feed, will provide exactly what your baby needs for optimum nourishment.
Each meal is tailor made for your baby's requirements. For example, the content of breast-milk for premature babies is different to that for full terms babies because premies have unique needs.
Breastfeeding Bonds
As your baby feeds, your body releases Oxytocin known as the 'love hormone' or the 'bonding hormone'. Oxytocin provides a sense of well being and calm for both mother and baby.
It also facilitates bonding and creates the desire for further contact between you both. So this hormone, produced while breastfeeding actually elicits those feelings of love and deep connection that support you in becoming the mother you really want to be....calm, relaxed, connected and happy.
Breastfeeding Inspires Love
Not only does the breastfeeding and release of oxytocin enhance the bond between mother and baby, it also lays the very foundations for the experience of love for your baby.
In the breastfeeding act, your baby learns to be very comfortable being close to mum. She learns about being fully present with another as she stares into your eyes and you joyfully return her gaze.
She learns that it is safe for her to receive love and that she is worthy of deep connection. Breastfeeding provides her cells with the experience of being cared for physically, emotionally and spiritually in a very intimate, healthy and satisfying way.
These skills not only help her to recognise and choose relationships that are nourishing for her as she develops, they also support her to nourish herself and others in an healthy way.
Breastfeeding Requires Less Work
From a purely practical perspective, breastfeeding is so much handier as you don't need to spend endless time shopping, preparing the bottles or cleaning up afterwards.
You Deserve To Breastfeed
As women in the western world, many of us have been conditioned to deny, conceal or suppress the full expression of our femininity.
Your breasts were designed to feed your baby. You have the right to experience the wonder of breastfeeding. You are worthy of creating and knowing first hand the beauty and magic of breastfeeding and realising the deep wisdom of your body in this process.
Breastfeeding Is Empowering
Breastfeeding allows you to come into your own power and embrace your sacred feminine energy.
We have been downloaded with the idea to aspire to a more male expression of ourselves. And while manhood and maleness is beautiful and sacred, so too is womanhood and matters uniquely female.
It is time for us to allow ourselves to rejoice in who we are, in the perfection of being a woman and give ourselves permission to experience that fully. In doing so, we also free men to be themselves fully and pave the way for a generation of babies comfortable in their own skin and honouring both the masculine and feminine within.
So just ask yourself what you truly desire. What would you love for your baby? If you thought that you could do it and felt supported around breastfeeding would you try? Because there is support available.
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