“There is a lot of pressure even before the baby even gets here...they say ‘breastfeeding is best for the baby, you shouldn’t do formula’”

- Alexa, new mom

“I had my cousin try to convince me NOT to get an epidural because it wasn’t  ‘natural’”

-Kori,  mom-to-be

 

“My manager didn’t know how I should enter my time for pumping time. They then decided they had overpaid me and wanted to recoup all of that pay although I was still working and checking emails while I was pumping. My manager and HR person were women, you assume that they would be more tolerant but that's not necessarily the case.” 

- Selma, new mom

^{It’s about time that we start honoring mother’s with the respect and acknowledgment like we do professional athletes because...}