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What a journey! – Amanda’s story

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Two years and three months after we began Layla has weaned herself. :) During our breastfeeding relationship she has always been a particularly prolific feeder and I often wondered how we would ever get there but after I became pregnant she cut down to two feeds in 24 hours. Then one day there was no [...]

Flat nipples, heading towards tandem nursing – Jade’s story

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I was unaware I had flat nipples until the midwife went to attach my son, after a planned caesarian, as he was breech 10lbs 12oz and unable to be turned. I didn’t care if they were square they were going to do their job. I stuck with it; my partner found it most amusing when [...]

Learning to feed again at 2 years old – Deb’s story

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After a few problems with jaundice and oversupply, Molly was a fantastic feeder. In fact she was a little addict who would happily have skipped solids altogether, snacking away into her second year. I had to wean when we were trying for a second baby, but we took it very slowly (in the end it [...]

Fighting the odds, but ending up tandem nursing! – Kate’s story

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When I was pregnant with my first baby, I knew I would breastfeed. I HAD to. It was not a choice for me, I did not feel that ‘as long as she eats she’ll be fine.’ A lot of people felt this meant that I thought I was somehow better than them, which I did [...]

Unfinished Business – returning to the breast after a 12 month break – Sif’s story

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The following day he asked to breastfeed again. It occurred to me that for him this was somehow “unfinished business”. I said he needed to suck the milk out, so he attempted to suck on my breast as if from a straw (ouch!). I realized I’d have to teach him how to suck from the nipple all over again. To do this, I put my little finger into his mouth, the way I routinely did with his little brother when he needed to suck for soothing.

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