[prochristo]

I have Matthew in my lap nursing right now! :) So please excuse any typos.

We adopted our eldest son and he came home at 6 months so I didn't even try to induce lactation. In retrospect I wish I'd have given it a try, but Xander's adoption was very touch and go from one day to the next and it was too emotionally difficult to really think about inducing a milk supply for a baby that it literally took a miracle to get home.

When I got pregnant (Which I had been told would never happen) I knew I would breastfeed. Matthew was born with a tongue tie which we had surgically corrected at 10 weeks and I cannot tell you the difference it has made! A typical nursing session before the clipping was easily 1 to 1.5 hours long, now we're more like 30-40 minutes for a hard-core nursing, and often as short as 20 min. I am so grateful to my local LLL for the support I've gotten along the way. I don't know if the Lord will ever allow another pregnancy for me, but whether our next child comes to us biologically or through adoption I am planning to breastfeed him or her. Having both bottle fed and nursed, I can tell you that nursing is hands-down easier, less of a hassle, less time consuming (once we fixed the tongue tie), requires no equipment other than what the good Lord gave me, is eco-friendly, is economical, helps me maintain my weight, promotes superior attachment, and above all is by far nutritionally superior!