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    Why I Can't Wait To Breast-Feed

    Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:56 PM | By Samantha Henig
    I'm still years (and, I hope, a wedding) away from being a lactater, so I've yet to experience the pressure from other mothers or lactation specialists or medical  studies about how to nourish my newborn. But I must say, I'm excited to breast-feed (and, I suppose, pumped to pump). As women, we're so often battling our bodies, cursing the way we put on weight or break out or start menstruating years before we actually want to reproduce, and making all sorts of decisions and purchases to try to counteract those truths. Breast-feeding is this one perfect, incredible thing that our body actually does right. Our breasts know when we have a hungry baby, and they make it food! And not just any food—food that's "better than a mango, even." If my breasts are willing to be so intelligent and industrious, I am eager to put 'em to use.
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