Karina Shares Her Story:

“As a first time and new mom I believed breastfeeding was going to come so natural and easy like everyone made it seem. But with little education in true breastfeeding I was hit so hard once I had my little one. No one told me it took days for my milk to come on especially as a first time mom. I felt like I failed my baby and as a mother when my little one was losing a lot of weight after birth. And in my lack of knowledge, it felt like breastfeeding was not an option for me which gave me so much anxiety and waves of sadness. Along with not having a lot of partner support, I was ready to throw in the towel. But I reminded myself that breastfeeding was something I really wanted to do so I kept trying and trying and through a lot of breakdowns came a breakthrough... my baby is 6 months exclusively breastfed, I have a freezer stash, and no sight of stopping soon. 

I love my story because I think it shows how mentally and willfully strong women are whether we know it or not”

-Karina Catalan, Mom to sweet Xaelena!