I am going to toot my own horn for a bit. Ha! As some of you know I have been working on becoming a La Leche League Leader for some time now. It has invovled a lot of reading and meetings with other leaders but I am finally finished and now accredited! So, now I will begin to take phone calls and lead meetings and help moms who want to breastfeed!
Daysh, Jen, Amy, Me, and Barrie!
LLLucky for me I get to have wonderful co-leaders to work with. Barrie has been our fearless leader through it all. When I first started coming to meetings we were all pregnant with our first babies. I have learned so much through her and through other mothers. Jen joined us from another group, Amy became a leader last year and Daysha just became a leader with me. We are the best if I do say so myself.
Anyway, I am very excited. If you haven't noticed I have a great passion for seeing other mothers succeed at breastfeeding. A friend asked me if I would be hunting moms down and making them breastfeed! I just laughed. This is not a witch hunt. La Leche believes in helping moms who WANT to breastfeed and are seeking help.
I alwasy tell moms to attend meetings while they are PREGNANT! It really does make a difference to have a good support group. Breastfeeding is not a walk in the park. I often have people say to me, "You are so lucky that breastfeeding comes so easy for you. It was not easy for me." Yes, I feel blessed to have been able to nurse my children but I don't think that "easy" is the term that I would put on it. In fact there have been times that it really sucked! HA! What I was lucky to have was a wonderful group of women to support me and push me through the tough times so that I could give the very best to my babies. So, find a group near you! http://www.lllusa.org/groups.php If you live near me then come visit us! We have a fun great group of women! http://texaslll.org/group/lake-ray-hubbard When I typed this the website is under construction and the link isn't working but hopefully it will be up soon!
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