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Stephanie Montgomery

Steph Montgomery is a writer, nonprofit consultant, social activist, and working mom to five kids. Her writing about parenthood, pregnancy, sexual heath, science, and politics has appeared online and in print at Romper.com,The Cut, Groundedparents.com, ACLU's STAND magazine, and other publications. She currently lives in rural Nebraska with her spouse, kids, and cats.
Posted on September 11, 2018 September 3, 2018

Cracking Under The Pressure to Breastfeed

Stephanie Montgomery
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Stephanie Montgomery
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Breastfeeding, Health, motherhood, Parenting

I didn’t want to fail at breastfeeding. It was not an option. As I reread my worn copy of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, I started to panic. I knew deep down something was wrong, and she wasn’t getting enough milk, but I was doing everything right, and I wanted it to work so badly. Read more

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