Having a baby was something that I had wanted for a long time, I dreamed about being a mom, and could not wait to hold my baby in my arms for the first time. I enjoyed so much being pregnant, it was a journey that began to prepare me for the life changes that were just around the corner.

I had always been very health conscious since an early age, but I soon realized that what I had originally thought was health conscience was actually an “image” conscience, which I soon learned was not the same at all. I was more focused on looking good than actually being healthy.

However, being pregnant changed my perception of what I should be putting into my body but most importantly how this affected and benefited my baby. I soon began to join all the mommy blogs and started to look very closely into healthy nutrition during pregnancy. To my amazement, I began to discover so many new fruits, herbs, spices, and new food which I had never even heard of never mind being able to spell! I was amazed at how much nutritional value they had, and how much they surpassed the traditional nutrition I was accustomed to.

After 39 long weeks of preparing in all the sense of the word, I was ready to take this challenge on. I had an amazing pregnancy, and a super healthy baby, heck we were still on the spinning bike at 29 weeks, going for daily hour walks, and working 12 hr shift days at work. I actually felt the healthiest I have ever been, I felt glowing, and it really did show, strangers actually stopped me on the street to tell me how beautiful I looked, and what a beautiful belly I had. It was one of the happiest times of my life. I could not believe what other women had complained about, I really did feel at my best inside and out.

After a great delivery, it was soon back to reality, Samuel was here, and he was reminding me of that every 2 hours when he was ready for his next feeding! I soon realized that the pregnancy stage was just the beginning, if I was to have a healthy strong, and intelligent baby I had to make sure I provided the very best milk possible for him, and so I continued into a brand new nutritional journey into breast milk and breastfeeding.

The journey started on a very rocky road, one which I almost threw in the towel and diverted to the easy option (straight-up formula feeding). I had to remind myself so many times about the goal that I had initially set out to accomplish and the whole reason why I was doing this. I began to realize how uninformed I was, and that most of what I knew was generalized information that did not apply to me.

I struggled with low milk supply, so I set out to teach myself how to overcome my particular problem with the help of lactation consultants, support groups, and some great blogs and books.

I finally realized that there were so many things that I could do to help, and this was a challenge and my mind, soul and body had to work together to overcome. I think that support from my husband, friends, and family was one of the major contributing factors that changed thing around for me, and that’s what I want to be able to offer other mom, a little of Mommyz love that can help overcome self-doubt, and some extra tips that can make a big difference.