We saved a lot of money because I chose breastfeeding. But don’t call it FREE. The real price was paid by me. The cost was my body. My sleep. My hormones. My rest. My nights. My mental health on days no one saw. There was no receipt for the pain. No refund for the exhaustion. No break for the moments I cried silently while still giving everything. Breastfeeding didn’t save us money— it just transferred the cost to me. So if someone says “breastfeeding is easy and just free,” remember what it act