The Last Time You’ll Feed Your Baby

From Get Mom Ready Podcast by The Ready Network

May 11, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

This episode explores the emotional complexities of feeding your baby and the identity shifts that come with motherhood.

Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com We thought this conversation would be about breastfeeding. But like so many conversations in motherhood… it became about so much more. It became a conversation about identity, expectations, how nothing quite prepares you for the reality of feeding your baby no matter how much you think it will, and ultimately… it became a conversation about this: Motherhood is both grief and joy, all at once. As Shelby Nelson, known as Supportive Breast Friend , an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) candidate who so much of her time supporting and educating moms through their feeding journeys, shared in the episode: “Motherhood is grief. These changes are gonna bring grief. And I think also accepting that and keeping that in the back of our minds as we move through motherhood… it really takes off some of the stress and burden of the changes of seasons.” On a day like Mother’s Day, where we celebrate, reflect, and maybe feel a little bit of everything, this felt especially true. What This Episode Is Really About Yes, we talk about breastfeeding, pumping, weaning, and feeding decisions; but underneath…

People in this episode

Host: The Ready Network

Guest: Shelby Nelson

Topics covered

breastfeeding
motherhood
identity
emotional weight
weaning
feeding decisions

Keywords

motherhood
breastfeeding
feeding journey
identity shifts
grief and joy
weaning
emotional weight

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supportive Breast Friend