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// Breastfeeding? 
// Story: The Times They Are A Changeling 
// by Super Trampoline 
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"So, can I breastfeed?"

"I don't know. I'm not the changeling in this relationship."

"Fair point. But I mean, all this talk of having a foal has gotten me thinking."

"And?"

"Well, you know how we're going to have to either adopt or have a surrogate mother?"

"Yes."

"Well, I run into a similar problem here. Yes, changeling bodies can replicate most fluids that might come out of a regular pony."

"I'm keenly aware."

"That was one time! Anyway, yes, I could theoretically create a poor facsimile of breast milk, but it's not going to be very nutritious and it's not going to be very much and it would take a lot of energy out of me."

"Okay, so we buy bottled milk for our future son or daughter.

"But I mean, I want to experience the motherhood experience! Isn't nursing part of that?"

"Look, if a foal sucking on your teats is going to make you feel more like a mother, I say go for it. Um, that sentence sounded less weird in my head."

"Yeah. Do you think I'm silly though, obsessing over this?"

"No, I don't think you're obsessing. I think you want authenticity, and that's something noble, well, not noble. Um...

"Valid?"

"Sure, let's go with that. Something valid to strive for."

"So I can't breastfeed, but I can pretend to?"

"I guess? We'll just need to put baby bottles on the foal shower registry, and we should be good."

"Okay. I'm glad we had this conversation."