I’ve always loved cake, that’s no secret. But I haven’t felt that I NEEDED it. I never had the unending thought during a day that I would actually die if I didn’t eat a piece of cake. Until breastfeeding, that is.

I decided to turn to my friend Google to see if I was the only person experiencing extreme cake addiction after pregnancy. Hurrah! There are hundreds of people talking about exactly that on all the baby forums. I’m not alone!

I felt much better about it then. Every piece of cake that I consumed was justified because, after all, I’m breastfeeding so the cake must be powering milk production and feeding my child. All hail cake!

Sadly, I’ve since read that it’s not a magical breastfeeding-related phenomenon that ensures I can feed my child AND enjoy comfort food. It’s actually triggered by sleep deprivation and, since I can’t do anything about that for a while, I’m just going to sit back with a cup of tea and another piece of cake.