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Perseverance is the key – Nicole’s story

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Throughout my pregnancy, I read a few books, went to my antenatal classes and even did a breastfeeding class. I thought about the possible need for me to have a caesarean, what pain relief I would use during labour, when exactly our little boy would arrive – but never once did I worry about breastfeeding. [...]

Breast-milk feeding a cleft palate baby – Jayne and Sienna’s story

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This article in a slightly abridged form first appeared in Nurture magazine’s Winter edition 2009. It’s taken a long time to write (4 + years!) and was hard to be honest, due to the emotions I experienced being unable to breastfeed my daughter the ‘traditional’ way. I hope this is of interest to someone, and [...]

My two preemies – Anjii’s story

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My first son was born 5 weeks early, after my water broke spontaneously, and weighed in at 5 lbs 6 oz. After a night in the NICU for observation, they let him room in with me for the second night. We were still waiting for my milk to come in, but meanwhile, I thought we [...]

Flat Nipples, Shields, Pumping . . . Success! – Cristina’s Story

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Being a formula-fed baby myself, and suffering years of horrible environmental allergies, I was convinced that I would breastfeed my first child no. matter.what. Even if it only gave her a fighting chance to not suffer from the allergies, I was willing to do whatever it took to successfully breastfeed, and spent hours reading books [...]

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, [...]

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