When I had my first baby, I had the quintessential dream of breastfeeding—a cozy, bonding experience where my baby and I would gaze into each other’s eyes while angelic harp music played softly in the background. Spoiler alert: reality looked nothing like that. Breastfeeding my daughter was a full-on battle. She struggled to latch, IContinue reading “Pump It Up: Why I Chose Exclusively Pumping Over Breastfeeding (and How That Changed… Eventually)”