@pattimayo Physically, I could have done this. My planned c-section recovery was remarkably easy. I was lucky. Emotionally and functionally, I don’t think I could have.
@mikailao20 Reading research on it helped me. Emily Oster talks about this in her book expecting better. The high IQ, less sickness stats have more to do with socioeconomic status and less with actual breastfeeding.
@yarnknitting That’s better than I get. My husband’s work has 14 week fully paid and that’s the best I’ve ever heard of. If you’re getting 16 weeks full pay I’d say that’s about as good as you’ll get in the US.