breastfeeding

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.

An unexpected ending - Sara’s story

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Adding another person to our family was such a large step that nursing could be the one constant that he could hold onto. I knew that it was likely that my milk would dry up during pregnancy, and it did at 16 weeks. Reid kept nursing, though, seeming to know that life was about to change and wanting to stay as close to me as possible.