breastfeeding

A tale of two kiddies – Stephanie’s story

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I always knew that I would breast feed my children. My mom was a big advocate of breast feeding and it really seemed like the only option to me. I really had no idea that things would end up being as difficult as they were. My daughter was born 9 and a half weeks early, [...]

My breastfeeding journey – Loralyn’s story

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When I was pregnant with my 1st daughter someone asked me if I was going to breast or bottle feed and I remember thinking “What a dumb question! Of course I am going to breastfeed!”  The thought of bottle feeding never even crossed my mind. My sister and I were breast fed. My mother even [...]

Clefty Mummy – Expressing all the way! – Toni’s story

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My son was born with a cleft palate.  He had no suction so couldn’t attach to the breast at all. We tried with a mouth plate and nipple shield, but nothing worked. So I expressed from day one. Firstly hand expressing with lovely midwives helping me to learn, then with a pump once the milk [...]

My struggle with Nipple Vasospasm – Lily’s story

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So we continued to express and bottle feed. The scabs healed fairly quickly but the pain I was still feeling was terrible. No one could tell me why, until one day my lactation consultant asked me if I had any spasms in my nipples? I said no, not really understanding what she meant by spasm. I felt periods of intense pain between feed but didn’t know this is what she meant. Anyway so she then said “oh it’s just that there is this thing called Nipple Vasospasm where your nipples go white and you have these spasms which can be very painful”. The bells started ringing and I explained to her that I did get this blanching of the nipple and had done all through my pregnancy. In fact my nipples had always been very sensitive.

Expressing for twins – Linda’s story

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It would have been easier to just give up but I knew that breastmilk was so important for their brain and immune development, and I hoped that by keeping up the expressing I would slowly build up my very tiny supply. I also knew that I needed to have milk if I was ever going to get them to take the breast, which we were still trying continuously. I was very proud of the 30 or 40 millilitres I could give each of them each feed, topped up straight afterward with formula, a small percentage compared with what most healthy women can express, and it took me fifteen minutes at the pump to get even that.

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