In her recently published book Lean In, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wrote of her struggle to balance work and family commitments, saying, “I have breastfed two children and noted, at times with great disappointment, that this was simply not something my husband was equipped to do”. I thought little of this quote, or breastfeeding in general, until I had a baby of my own. I had no concept of how breastfeeding would affect my life. Our now six-month-old daughter was less than an hour old when I first fed her, and I’ve done so every three to four hours, on average, ever since. Luckily I enjoy breastfeeding and haven’t experienced any real setbacks, but sometimes I...
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