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Breastfeeding is a very challenging undertaking for the majority of moms.  Here's a fun fact that nobody told me until it started happening.

The day your little one is born, the elusive search for the perfect breastfeeding latch begins.  I remember wondering, "How will I know if he's latched properly?"

Well, the answer became obvious the first time he did.  For several days, as soon as he was properly latched, my uterus would contract.  The first few times, it was so powerful it could almost be considered painful (luckily, having just gone through childbirth, my tolerence of pain was as high as it will ever be).  It dyed down though, to the point of a mild period cramp.

This light cramp became a signal to me that we had achieved a good latch and helped me feel more confident that we were making progress on the breastfeeding front.