re: #112 Alouette
I did not get any support from my mother and grandmother about stuff like breastfeeding. I basically had to wing it.
I’m not sure where my mother got her support. I never did ask my grandmother if she had nursed. My father’s mother did not, and regretted it.
I had my mother, my aunts, my sisters, etc.
Still, the $50 I spent on one visit to a lactation consultant was totally worth it. I figure I saved that money hundreds of times over. Plus, I lost weight by nursing.