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Breastfeeding a seriously ill child through heart surgery and tonnes of other hurdles – Selena’s story

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My daughter was diagnosed at 18weeks gestation as having “heart issues”. We had ultrasounds every 2 weeks but nobody could definitively tell me what was wrong with her heart. The night she was induced was incredible. I had a 2hr labour and the waters broke, she was born and the placenta were all delivered with [...]

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 [...]

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 I had [...]

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. [...]

What a journey! – Amanda’s story

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Two years and three months after we began Layla has weaned herself. :) During our breastfeeding relationship she has always been a particularly prolific feeder and I often wondered how we would ever get there but after I became pregnant she cut down to two feeds in 24 hours. Then one day there was no [...]