I LOVE breastfeeding. I nursed Eliora until she was nearly two, though by then she was only nursing twice a day--in the morning, and at night--and more for comfort than nourishment. I stopped nursing her about a week before Ronen was born, which was probably dumb, but worked out remarkably better than expected.

Because I nursed E so recently before Ronen, when I started with him, my breasts weren't sore or tender at all, which made his start at nursing a lot more pleasant than hers was. I was amazed and happy not to have any of the misery and discomfort that I had the first time around.

I always tell new moms to stick with it, if they can. What I found is that the first three weeks are horribly unpleasant, the next three weeks are okay, but not great, and then around six weeks, nursing gets really really nice.