How Breastfeeding Reborn was Born.

And there I was fully expecting to learn that my 3rd child was in fact my soon-to-be only daughter. Breathing in the fresh, ocean air, wearing a purple orchid lei while all the men and boys in the family sported their kukui nut lei. My eldest son, DJ, began helping me unwrap the box that the florist so sweetly prepared. As we pull the lid off, I roll back the tissue paper, and begin laughing in disbelief. There was ANOTHER kukui nut lei. I look at DJ and say, “What kind of necklace is it!?” He gleefully responds, “It’s like mine!” I ask, “What does that mean!?” Now jumping in the air responds, “A baby brother!”

I could have sworn that #3 would bring us a baby girl. I would be lying if there was not a tinge of sadness as I was quickly accepting that I was forever a “boy mom” and never a “mom of both”. To be honest though, my sadness faded much quicker than I expected. The idea of baseball games, Tonka trucks, and whatever madness these kids cause brought me so much joy, happiness, and some strange calmness. So without missing a beat, we were able to announce his name there on the beaches of Maui, “Kai Carter”. In Hawaiian, Kai directly means “the sea” and I look forward to watching him be as strong, beautiful, and resilient as “the sea.”

The only thing that left me feeling with sadness though was my “girl name” would forever be unspoken. My husband and I always thought “Phoenix” was such a strong, empowering name for a female. We even planned to affectionately call her “P” for short. So here I was 2 sons, another on the way, a dream of someday owning a lactation practice, and a little girls name that would never be in use…and boom! It became clear to me that the only thing second to naming my daughter, was my some day lactation business. With a refusal of naming it “Phoenix Lactation” for simple confusion of Phoenix, AZ and some help from a good friend, we arrived at Breastfeeding Reborn. Of course, “Phoenix” still remains unspoken…but I know and now you all know too!

I constantly pray that Breastfeeding Reborn will consistently bring mothers back to life. After being in the ditches and seemingly shambles of difficult breastfeeding journeys, I looked to my lactation consultants to bring me back. My first prayer for the mothers, who grace Breastfeeding Reborn is that they will never have to be reborn in their breastfeeding journey, that we together can prepare them to never fall. My second prayer is if mothers do find themselves falling, Breastfeeding Reborn will be there to bring them back to life and still meet their expectations in their feeding journey.

Thank you for being here -we are blessed to have you part of our BR family!

With love,

Antoinette C., CLC
Owner, Breastfeeding Reborn