So glad I gave breastfeeding a try

When I was pregnant with my son, people always asked me if I was going to breastfeed. I always answered, "If it works out for us," because breastfeeding scared me! I was frightened to nurse for several reasons; firstly I did not know what it would feel like and only knew it wasn't going to feel great reason was that I honestly felt uncomfortable sharing my breasts with my son I'd never even considered feeding a child as their purpose (even though I knew it was their true natural purpose). Once he was born, I knew that we were going to be breastfeeding him! He latched on immediately and nursed for over an hour the first time! I'd like to say that it was all easy and downhill from there, but that would be a lie. Learning how to nurse was an uphill batter-for both of us. My son would get so hungry that he wouldn't latch on right and often I would just give up fighting him and let him nurse with an incorrect latch-causing me much pain. Eventually though, my son and I both learned how to make nursing work for us. Even though I went back to work when he was almost 3 months old, we were able to continue exclusive breastfeeding with no issues until he was nine months. Now that he is a year, I do sometimes wish I would have continued nursing, but I know that it was the right time to stop for both of us. It's funny, I went from being a woman who was kind of grossed out by the idea of myself nursing a child o a woman considering extended breastfeeding for her second child. Life is beautiful.