2014, Family

World Breastfeeding Week: A picture is worth a thousand words…

Posted on by Clare Clevett
06
Aug

But me being me has a picture and some words too!

This week is world breastfeeding week. The Irish Parenting Bloggers are hosting a blog linky on experiences of breastfeeding with the tag line ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. Without further ado here is my picture, and a few words!

The first feed. I think with the other 4 births the rush of overwhelming love hit me straight away, as soon as I saw their wriggly little hot bodies. I wanted to hold my babies and love on them and just revel in that new baby/relief of birth being over moment.

It was different with Cora. The overwhelming feeling I had after her delivery was ‘oh shit please don’t let me die’. Dramatic yes, but I had tingly legs and was pretty convinced I was having some sort of stroke. Turns out if you have a baby in 20 minutes and on your Sofa your body just goes into mega shock. I knew I loved her, I had loved her from the moment I found out she was there. BUT it didn’t slap me in the fact at the moment of her birth like it did the others.

The above photo is the moment it hit me. We had been in the hospital for a few hours by this point, I had done all my crying, puking and recovering.  I had planned to breastfeed anyway, its good for baby plus she is baby number 5 and its free!!! That first feed, while in a noisy, hot and busy hospital, was just a magical moment for me and one that I won’t forget any time soon.

Clare Clevett

Mummy to 5 little people. Living in Ireland after quitting the London rat race in 2013.

325 thoughts on “World Breastfeeding Week: A picture is worth a thousand words…”

  1. g him says:

    I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the layout of your website?
    Its very well written; I love what youve got to say.
    But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with
    it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for
    only having one or two pictures. Maybe you could space
    it out better?

  3. g day says:

    This is very attention-grabbing, You are an overly
    skilled blogger. I have joined your rss feed and sit up for looking for extra of your magnificent post.
    Additionally, I’ve shared your web site in my social
    networks

  4. rsacwgxy g says:

    Hey there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this website with us so
    I came to check it out. I’m definitely loving the information. I’m book-marking and will be tweeting this to my
    followers! Superb blog and terrific style and design.

  5. tinyurl.com says:

    Your style is really unique in comparison to other folks I have read stuff from.
    Thank you for posting when you’ve got the opportunity, Guess I will
    just book mark this web site.

  6. shipdonkey.com says:

    You could definitely see your expertise within the article you write.
    The arena hopes for even more passionate writers such as you who are not afraid to mention how they believe.
    Always go after your heart.

  7. cbd oil that works 2020 says:

    Hi there just wanted to give you a brief heads up and let you know a few of the pictures
    aren’t loading correctly. I’m not sure why but I think its a
    linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different browsers
    and both show the same outcome.

  9. cbd oil that works 2020 says:

    Somebody essentially help to make seriously articles I’d state.
    That is the first time I frequented your website page and to this point?
    I surprised with the analysis you made to make this actual put up incredible.

    Excellent task!

  10. cbd oil that works 2020 says:

    I am really impressed with your writing skills as smartly
    as with the format for your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did
    you customize it your self? Anyway keep up the excellent high
    quality writing, it is uncommon to see a great weblog like this one today..

  11. web host says:

    Thanks for one’s marvelous posting! I genuinely enjoyed reading
    it, you will be a great author. I will be sure to bookmark your blog and will
    eventually come back down the road. I want to encourage one to continue your great work,
    have a nice holiday weekend!

  12. best web hosting says:

    Aw, this was a very nice post. Finding the time and
    actual effort to generate a very good article… but what can I say… I hesitate a whole lot and don’t seem to get anything done.

  13. web hosting companies says:

    I just like the helpful info you supply to your articles.

    I’ll bookmark your weblog and take a look at again right here
    frequently. I’m quite sure I will learn plenty of new stuff proper right here!
    Best of luck for the following!

  14. expedia flights says:

    I’m really loving the theme/design of your site. Do you ever run into any web
    browser compatibility problems? A number of my blog visitors have complained about my blog not operating correctly in Explorer but looks
    great in Firefox. Do you have any ideas to help fix
    this problem?

  25. web hosting services says:

    After looking at a number of the articles on your blog, I honestly
    appreciate your way of writing a blog. I book-marked
    it to my bookmark site list and will be checking back soon. Please visit
    my website as well and tell me how you feel.

  28. content hosting says:

    I seriously love your site.. Great colors & theme.
    Did you develop this website yourself? Please reply back as I’m wanting to create my very
    own website and want to learn where you got this from or what the theme
    is named. Thank you!

  39. web hosting says:

    Excellent blog here! Also your site loads up very fast! What
    host are you using? Can I get your affiliate link to your host?

    I wish my site loaded up as quickly as yours lol

  45. adreamoftrains webhosting says:

    I do not even know how I stopped up right here, however I thought this
    post was great. I don’t recognize who you are but certainly
    you are going to a well-known blogger if you happen to are not already.
    Cheers! adreamoftrains web host

  71. Vernon Hills says:

    Warning: Vernon Hills, IL and Libertyville, IL and surrounding 50 miles radius area is in active war zone ! Towns are held hostage by UK agents, Russian spies, Indian spies, Mexican spies, Chinese spies, and other Hispanic spies

  91. web hosting providers says:

    Hey! I could have sworn I’ve been to this website
    before but after checking through some of the post I realized it’s new
    to me. Nonetheless, I’m definitely happy I found it and I’ll be book-marking and checking back frequently!

  210. LukeFFedak says:

    You actually ensure it is seem so simple with the presentation but I find this topic
    being really something that I do believe I would never understand.

    It appears to be too complex and very broad to me.
    I’m anticipating for your forthcoming post, I’ll try to have
    the hang of this!

    Here is my web-site LukeFFedak

  224. Madaline Salquero says:

    You are so cool! I don’t believe I’ve truly read through anything like that before. So wonderful to find someone with a few genuine thoughts on this topic. Seriously.. thanks for starting this up. This site is one thing that’s needed on the web, someone with some originality!

  247. Ariana Pouge says:

    Howdy, I do believe your site could possibly be having internet browser compatibility problems. Whenever I look at your web site in Safari, it looks fine however, when opening in I.E., it’s got some overlapping issues. I just wanted to provide you with a quick heads up! Besides that, wonderful site!

  256. Odis Heykoop says:

    Spot on with this write-up, I honestly feel this site needs far more attention. I’ll probably be back again to read through more, thanks for the information!

  258. Clarine Arel says:

    An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a colleague who was doing a little homework on this. And he in fact bought me dinner due to the fact that I stumbled upon it for him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanks for spending some time to talk about this subject here on your site.

  267. Barney Grev says:

    I was pretty pleased to find this web site. I wanted to thank you for ones time just for this fantastic read!! I definitely appreciated every bit of it and I have you book-marked to see new information in your website.

  288. Charolette Purchase says:

    You are so cool! I do not believe I’ve read a single thing like this before. So great to discover someone with unique thoughts on this topic. Really.. thank you for starting this up. This website is something that is needed on the internet, someone with a bit of originality!

  305. Elda Craghead says:

    Hi! I just would like to give you a big thumbs up for the excellent info you’ve got right here on this post. I’ll be coming back to your website for more soon.

  308. Natasha Marinos says:

    Hi there, I do believe your web site could be having browser compatibility issues. Whenever I look at your blog in Safari, it looks fine however when opening in Internet Explorer, it’s got some overlapping issues. I simply wanted to give you a quick heads up! Besides that, excellent website!

  322. Erin Marchall says:

    A fascinating discussion is definitely worth comment. I think that you ought to write more about this issue, it may not be a taboo subject but typically people don’t discuss such subjects. To the next! Kind regards!!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.