When Molly Pestinger of Olympia decided to have children with her husband, Jason, she knew she was going to breast-feed.
She knew all of the health benefits and had been raised in a household with her mom serving as a leader of La Leche League, an international breast-feeding support group. To prepare, Pestinger started going to La Leche meetings when she was six months pregnant.
But when she tried breast-feeding with her newborn daughter, Kathrine, she struggled.
"We had all kinds of issues," Pestinger said. "She didn't latch on correctly."
When Kathrine was 4 weeks old, Pestinger went to a La Leche meeting for help.
"It was really important for me, for the sake of my children, as far as their health was concerned, and also the emotional, bonding aspect of it was really important to me," Pestinger said.
One mother at the meeting, who had weathered similar problems, shared sympathy and tips for making breast-feeding workable.
"Her biggest piece of advice was, 'Just stick to it. If you can just make it two months, you're OK,' " Pestinger said. "I definitely found that to be true."
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