Every mother's journey with breastfeeding is a unique and deeply personal experience. Just as no two pregnancies are the same, the path to nourishing and nurturing a child through breastfeeding varies from one mama to another.

I carried a heavy burden of guilt for struggling to connect with this precious blessing growing inside me. But the reality is trauma changes our response even in the greatest seasons of life.

We want our daughter to have always known about her adoption story. We don’t want there to be one specific day that she finds out she was adopted, we want it to be a normal part of her story.

We must change our perspective and recognize that our postpartum bodies are not lesser versions of our former selves but rather newer, more extraordinary ones.

It was a journey of trying to let go of control, practice my affirmations, and let my body take over.

The weight of the guilt of hiring a sitter for a date night when your child is already in the care of others most of the week coupled with the pressure to "fill your own cup" while maintaining a healthy marriage in order to show up as the best parent you can, is a tremendous weight on our shoulders.