The Breast Whisperer

A woman who freelances for Little Brown Book, the magazine I edit, had a baby about four months ago. I talked to her for the first time today and she told me in no uncertain terms that breastfeeding is hell. She said her baby didn't latch on, and when he did, it was only on one side, and the other nipple was cracked and bleeding, and that at times her baby was spitting up blood. She said she's had friends for whom it was really easy, but that it was so tough for her. She and her husband hired a lactation consultant who came to their apartment, and they call her "The Breast Whisperer." She saved their sanity. She gave me her contact info, just in case.