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A Reflection for World Breastfeeding Week

Alanna Betts 8/5/25 Alanna Betts 8/5/25

A Reflection for World Breastfeeding Week

A personal story of birth trauma, tongue ties, and the emotional journey to exclusive breastfeeding, shared in honor of World Breastfeeding Week.

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📚Book of the Week: “Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage into Motherhood”. By Molly Caro May @mollycaromay

I just started this raw, poetic memoir that digs into the rage, grief, and transformation that comes with motherhood.

Birth Trauma Awareness Week is a reminder that many mothers are quietly carrying invisible wounds.

Maybe your birth didn’t go as planned. Maybe you felt afraid, silenced, or alone.
Maybe you’re still trying to make sense of it all.

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Art Therapy Directive of the week:
Create a piece of art that maps out the landscape of your thoughts. What would it look like? How does it feel to live within this thought landscape?

There’s no wrong or right way to approach this. Put down

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