breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Liam – Jayne’s story

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Around this time, I spoke to the midwife on the phone who was conducting the follow up interview on the breastfeeding study in which I had participated. She was impressed that I had continued with breastfeeding after the white spot incident. To be honest, I came close to quitting, especially when my mother suggested it might be time to stop if it was causing that much pain, but I was so glad I persevered. At this point, my PND was improving thanks to medical treatment and I was beginning to enjoy parenting a lot more. I was determined to get to 12 months of breastfeeding, and by now felt confident I would.

Six months of mastitis – Maria’s story

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I noticed a hot, red patch on one of my breasts and I felt sick and feverish. I went to the doctor and he diagnosed mastitis, prescribing a course of antibiotics, which cleared up the mastitis beautifully, or so I thought. A few days after I finished the antibiotics I developed mastitis again, this time in a different part of my breast. I went back to the doctor and was prescribed the same antibiotics. The mastitis again cleared up quickly but returned, this time in the other breast, a few days after I finished the antibiotics. This pattern continued until my baby was 11 months old, so for 6 months.

Arwen and Elisabeth’s Breastfeeding Journey

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Throughout my hospital stay I had been telling the midwives that breastfeeding was quite painful and I knew it shouldn’t be. I asked them to please have a look and make sure I was doing it right, because I was sure that I could not see any problem with my technique or the attachment. The midwives said that I was doing it right and that he was attached right, but at the same time they said if it hurt, there must be something wrong…