Hi, welcome to the baddesty breastfeeding podcast. This is Diane, your lactation consultant.

And I'm Abby, the badass breastfeater. And today's episode is brought to you by Sheila Darling

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Monday. And now I think Diane has our review of the week. I do. And it comes from Gmail. This is

from Patricia. She emailed us and she said, my name is Patricia. I am a Spanish teacher in the state

of Florida. I came across your podcast about

three months into my breastfeeding journey looking for some support. I've had many struggles in

my journey with many things, but my biggest challenge was fighting off people who kept telling me to

stop breastfeeding. They would tell me I was tired and that I should give up and that I was doing

this to myself. I went back to work after one month of giving birth and it has been very difficult to adjust.

My husband is extremely supportive of my journey and has reassured me every time I hear the comments.

However, I needed to hear some advice from breastfeeding from breastfeeders themselves.

I was about to quit and found your podcast.

I've been exclusively breastfeeding my baby for six months, which was my goal. I was about to quit and found your podcast. I've been exclusively

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