MIDWESTDIVA,
Sorry to throw you for a loop like, Boo. I was exaggerating.
The thought of breastfeeding did make me really nervous, though. I don't know why, it just freaked me out. Well, actually I do know why, because I'm well endowed and started to develope breast at like, age 9, and people (read: MEN)have always been preoccupied with my breast, which has served to make me VERY self conscience about them myself. So, I truly wasn't emotionally ready to deal with the thought of using them as sustainance for a child. I had spent the majority of my life trying to hide and camoflouge (sp) them, and I felt like if I breastfed, I would be expected to regale them. I didn't.
However, I have grown (literally, and figuratively) since I've had my daughter, so I'm a lot more comfortable with the idea of breastfeeding, but supplementing with the bottle...especially in public.
Oh yeah, and about the weight loss thing. I don't know who these people are polling, but within my daughter's first year of life, I lost well over 70lbs. As Ms. Dupree would say, "I got high school skinny." I actually lost more than I had gained. ...just a thought.
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