breastfeeding

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 [...]

Someone Else’s Milk – Steph’s story

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Many women who deal with breastfeeding challenges start having issues in the early days or weeks immediately following their child’s birth. This was not the case for me. Breastfeeding started out well and went smoothly for three months after my son was born. I thought I was in the clear.
At that point, we discovered that [...]

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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