{"id":4686,"date":"2017-11-07T23:37:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T23:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2017-11-07T23:37:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T23:37:01","slug":"breastfeeding-is-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/?p=4686","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding Is Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breastfeeding began as the thing that brought me to my knees. It shook me to my new motherhood core. It pushed all of my buttons, buttons I didn&#8217;t know I had. It brought out anxiety, panic, fear, vulnerability and sadness. It didn&#8217;t work, it just wouldn&#8217;t work, no matter what I did. I felt like a failure, my body was letting me down and it was letting down the very person it was designed to care f<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">or. Then I got help and it began to work. It worked really well. I fought hard for it. And then I decided I would not stop until my boys were ready to stop. It gave me strength and power that I didn&#8217;t know I had in me. It has taught me about being a woman, being a mother, being strong when I feel weak, and power when I have nothing left to give.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4687\" src=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20545502_1532794973454676_4244806436863006066_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Abby Theuring, The Badass Breastfeeder, breastfeeding \" width=\"740\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20545502_1532794973454676_4244806436863006066_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20545502_1532794973454676_4244806436863006066_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20545502_1532794973454676_4244806436863006066_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20545502_1532794973454676_4244806436863006066_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Photo by Leslie at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TinyBubblesPhotography\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=537022739656671&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Tiny Bubbles Photography<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breastfeeding began as the thing that brought me to my knees. 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