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Ariel and I just about died when we were contacted by Andrea, founder of Hot Mama Ink, who was interested in promoting the company's latest shirt — Mother's Milk (usually $30, but on sale for $22). The shirt was released the first week of August to celebrate Breastfeeding Week, and the design is inspired by a classic pin-up breastfeeding.

Hot Mama Ink is an online shop that specializes in tees, tanks, and dresses emblazoned with utterly unique tattoo-inspired artwork. As a boon to their authenticity, the designs are created by well known tattoo artists.

After becoming pregnant with her first child, Andrea wanted a way to combine fashion with mamahood, and in pursuit of this quit her real estate gig and started a business with her friend, Rachel. They set up shop with tattoo artists Zulu and Jackie Dunn, and focused on designing and creating environmentally friendly AND affordable killer clothing for women in all of life's stages.

One morning I woke up with a huge, hard lump on my right breast. I didn’t know where it came from and totally freaked out – Did I have a tumor!? I wrote my mama friends, did some reading and figured out it was had to be a clogged duct.

While researching, I kept reading over and over again that cabbage can help you wean, but didn't take it entirely seriously. However, at time of writing it's been sixteen hours since Jasper last nursed, and the pain drove me from our friend's house to my local grocery store to pick up a head of GREEN cabbage.

I wish people had given me specific examples of adjustments they made after giving birth. So knowing that, here are my observations as a new mom of three weeks.

I've seen Booby Beads and nursing necklaces for sale for as much as 20 dollars. Luckily, they are easy to make, even for the chronically craft-impaired–like me.

Sometimes, when the baby is sleeping a rare stretch of time that lasts longer than twenty minutes and I don't have work to catch up on, I find myself online with little to do and the big WWW staring back at me.

I’ve had some struggles with breastfeeding in the four months since my son was born. One of those struggles was just grappling with the SHOCK that it could be so hard. The newest shock is that I’m throwing in the towel.

A few weeks ago on Facebook, I mentioned this made-to-order organic cotton hoodie, from Etsy seller simplebear. "I'm hoping this will be the ultimate breastfeeding...