by Alicia Horsley
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I am a mother of four children, aged between 13 months and 15 years. Now that I have been a mother for 15 years (and I have completed my 93rd month of breastfeeding – I hope to make it to 120 months which will be a decade of breastfeeding!), I have recently stepped back to reflect on how I have approached parenting and how breastfeeding has influenced my parenting style. 

Shannon Gill
LLL Guangzhou - English Group

Last July, my husband and I were dreading the 7,000 mile flight with our 17-month-old son from Hong Kong to Seattle. It wasn’t the flight itself we were dreading (although flying with an active toddler is never a treat), it was what lay ahead of us once we arrived in the US.

by Tara Ghosh and Jenny Buck
Leaders with LLL Singapore and LLL Hong Kong Groups

If you will be working outside the home in a situation where it’s not appropriate to take your baby along, continuing to breastfeed may seem like a daunting task.

by Bridget Muir
LLL Bondi Group
 
I am going to be very honest here and describe my first couple of years of parenthood as “hell on earth”. Using those words makes me feel pretty sad, but they accurately sum up my memories of that time. ​With hindsight, I now know that I was suffering from undiagnosed post-natal depression, which could have easily been prevented with the right support.