Let’s be honest: For most of us, breastfeeding isn’t easy. That’s why we’re so thankful for the breastfeeding memes engorging the internet. I mean, these wonderfully funny and sharable words of wisdom are sometimes the only thing that helps us cope when breastfeeding is tricky or uncomfortable or weird or even downright impossible.
With the help of moms who have been there, we learn to laugh instead of cry when breastfeeding doesn’t go quite as planned, and to relish in the moments it does go smoothly. Like when the sweet smell of delicious baby neck causes your let-down to kick in just in time, or that swoony feeling of a tiny hand clutching you as he chugs away.
No matter how easy or hard it is, there are a few things you just can’t understand until you become a breastfeeding mom yourself. These moms, who have written our very favorite breastfeeding memes, totally get it.
Breastfeeding Memes That Are Relatable AF
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On How Much Work Breastfeeding Is
Like how you had no idea what it would really be like until you got to work.
Via Boobelife -
On The Logistics Of Breastfeeding
Nobody warned you that there’s a fairly decent chance you can lose your baby in there…somewhere.
Via How To Be A Dad -
On Breastfeeding Hormones
They also didn’t give you a heads-up that it can be a liiiiiittle emotional and hunger-inducing at times.
Via mayavorderstrasse -
On Multitasking
But that doesn’t mean you can’t remain the multitasking pro you’ve always been!
Via Hedger Humor for Breastfeeding Mama Talk -
On Adapting
And sometimes you're multitasking in a way you never imagined.
Via Mommy Cusses -
On Nighttime Feedings
Sometimes you wondered, what, EXACTLY, am I raising here?
Via Six Pack Mom -
On Your Nipples
And, does something look a bit different, or is it just me?
Via The Mother Octopus -
On Pumping At Work
Then come the days when you’re back to watching the clock at work for a WHOLE different reason.
Via The Science of Parenthood -
On The Evolution Of Your Boobs
With enough focus, it helps to ignore the pain of the fuller moments by remembering how you dreamed of having this blossomed bustline since puberty.
Via Mom Cave TV -
On Your New BFFs
When they do deflate—and oh, will they deflate—you still have some options (other than having more babies to breastfeed, of course). Meet your new best friends.
Via Gemma Correll -
On Blocked Milk Ducts
Until then, keep an eye on things so you don't get any of those somewhat bothersome nuisances only nursing moms come down with.
Via My Momologue -
On Spilling Breast Milk
Now remember, ladies: feeling the burn is NOT the worst that can happen. Oh no. There is something much, much worse than that.
Via Walking Outside
