It’s no trip to the spa, but with the right attitude, equipment and mindset, breastfeeding your child can be the most peaceful and exhilarating part of your day.

Once you’ve gone through the greatest pain of your life and are presented with the greatest gift of your life, your next task is easy. The greatest gift you can give this new little human is your breast milk. You know the stats: it contains fatty acids essential to the development of the baby’s nervous system and vision, it stimulates their immune system, it’s free and plentiful, it burns calories which helps you regain your pre-baby figure… the list goes on and on.

That’s all fine and good, but those first few weeks home from the hospital with your new package can be overwhelming and exhausting at the best of times. In the middle of the night, when it seems like everyone in the entire world except you and that baby is sleeping, you’ll start to question this whole breastfeeding endeavor.

Because if that’s the path you’ve chosen, it’s going to be a long and lonely one, as you and only you have the necessary equipment to breastfeed. The good news is that it gets better. It gets easier. Breastfeeding becomes something so natural that you can hardly remember the time when your breasts weren’t so utilitarian, nourishing this little creature.

At about three weeks in, once you’ve settled into a schedule, have your favorite chair and pillow on standby and have figured out the best position for baby to latch, you’ll become aware of a key selling point of breastfeeding that doesn’t get mentioned enough. That wondrous fact is that breastfeeding releases endorphins. This creates a feeling of relaxation and well-being in mother and baby, and is even an ideal pain reliever for the baby.

Even if you’ve had the worst day possible after the worst night possible, when you sit quietly for those feeding times; when the baby has latched and that very specific feeling of your milk coming down occurs, you’ll feel the waves of endorphins sweeping over you. Sometimes they’re so strong you’d swear you’re glowing. It feels virtuous, it feels like you’re doing the most important job in the world and it’s the cheapest and only safe high you can achieve while breastfeeding. It’s magical and totally natural. No amount of bottle-feeding a formula can give you that feeling.

If you’ve spent the almost ten months of pregnancy dreaming of breastfeeding, only to find for medical or unexplained reasons you’re unable to breastfeed, all is not lost. Talk to a breastfeeding expert or coach, or talk to your Doctor about medical solutions as he or she can prescribe medication for breastfeeding. The medication domperidone, the generic form of prescription Motilium, has been prescribed with great success for years in Canada. You can purchase prescription domperidone online from many reputable licensed online Canadian pharmacies.

No matter how you achieve it, no matter how long it takes you or how chafed your nipples may get (tip – lanolin will save them), the act of breastfeeding will not only impact the life of the child you’re feeding, but it will also feed your soul