breastfeeding

Increasing milk supply with a supply line – Louise’s story

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I cannot help feeling disappointed, for both mother and baby, when friends either don’t start breastfeeding or switch to formula in the first few months. Usually the story of ‘not enough milk’ is told with regret, but also with a definite belief that there was nothing they could do.
Circumstances led me ‘not having enough milk’ [...]

Staying in Control – Nicola’s story

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This is a story about breastfeeding. Like all stories, it needs a context. So this story starts 12 weeks before I started breastfeeding, in March 2009.
I had been sick for months and putting on weight. I had a thyroid problem, but it was getting worse and I had started to suspect that [...]

Yucky milk – Jessica’s story

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My daughter loved to breastfeed from the very start, no major problems besides a few clogged ducts every now and then. I became interested in pumping and saving my milk to allow my husband to feed her occasionally, or for car rides. No matter how sanitary and quickly I froze my milk, my daughter would [...]

Joys and Sorrows of Breastfeeding a baby with a cleft palate – Amanda and Ethan’s story

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I didn’t always know that I wanted to be a mom like some women. It took me awhile to warm up to the idea. I think I had a major fear of bringing a child into this world and “messing” it up; however, once I married my husband I knew that I wanted a baby. [...]

Breastfeeding “Peeper” – Whozat’s story

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For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a mother.
When I became pregnant at the age of thirty-nine, by in vitro fertilization using my partner “Shrike’s” eggs and anonymous donor sperm, one of the things I looked forward to most was breastfeeding.
It was something I’ve always found fascinating, so I’d done [...]

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