August is National Breastfeeding Month – a time meant to celebrate the bond between mother and child and to acknowledge the sacrifices women make during this tender, exhausting, and deeply personal stage. For many of us Latinas, the journey of breastfeeding can feel like it comes with so many opinions: family expectations, cultural taboos, advice from the various mommy groups that are circulating, and even side-eyes from strangers. I still remember those breastfeeding days. It felt like I was nursing around the clock, as if the days and nights blurred into one long stretch. The physical pain was something I hadn’t fully expected. I spent hours on the phone with the lactation consultant, desperate to figure out how to make it work. Deep down, I always told myself, “He has to eat one way or another,” and I wasn’t opposed to formula. But the pressure to keep producing, to have enough milk, to meet everyone’s expectations was constant. Society, social media, and even the voices in my own h...