My Advise Will Only Be Bought

 I like to give out advise to people who seem to actually seek it out. I get messages on facebook often from new moms and some seasoned moms looking for advise. I give them what I can and what worked for my family under the understanding what works for me and my family may not work for them but I also point them to places and websites that offer information as well. No longer will this be happening unless I seriously get paid. If I get paid for my advise than well maybe it will put forth the seriousness for the person asking for it. I have mentioned before how I care way too much about babies in general and want the best for every baby out there.
  I  retain a crap load of knowledge on certain subjects, breastfeeding happens to be one of them. It seems I am sought out for breastfeeding advise most often and no matter what I say, do, or sites I point in directions it some how never works out for them and the baby ends up on formula. It's certainly not my advise I even consult with my friend who had been an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant for nearly 13yrs now. I get miffed when this happens. I put myself and effort out there to help succeed and you stop why? I did some snooping and one reason I found was cause I wanted to feel normal again ...normal? really? Normal is a woman who breastfeeds her baby because that is what a normal woman's body does..it lactates for the baby. Not normal is formula, created from another animal's milk in laboratories that the FDA doesn't even regulate. Nope not normal to me, sorry. What a bullshit reason for giving up a wonderful, natural, normal, and perfect thing.
 Did you know only a mere 5% of woman have a real medical condition that makes them not able to lactate? Did you know that most medications are breastfeeding friendly and if not ask your doctor for alternatives. Did you know that there is so much support and information out there that anybody can access to help them succeed? Well yep...

 Now I am not saying I won't give when asked, but you really have to be serious about it cause I am about done wasting my time on a lost cause. I can't save all babies though I wish I really could. i am ok with people asking me things, kinda makes me happy actually. But then I get so upset and disappointed when things fail anyway that The Marine told me he was going to revoke my Internet so that I stop being upset that I wasted my time. I just generally care too much and that kind of sucks. When I earn my Lactation Consultant title I will charge... until then I will only help those who actually mean to want to succeed.