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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 [...]

Riding out the pain – Jessica’s story

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I knew when I was pregnant that I wanted to breastfeed, but was not worried about having to use formula if things didn’t work out. Once my son was born, the midwife tried to latch him on the breast for his first feed and he did not co-operate. Being a first time mother, I just [...]

Breastfeeding success after a breast reduction – Jessie’s story

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As a teen in 1992, I had my first child in a hospital in Pennsylvania. The RN assigned to help me with breastfeeding was a young man, about 25 years old. Needless to say, this was a ridiculous situation to put a 17 year old girl in. I had very large breasts and nipples, and [...]

Persevering – Leah’s story

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My mother breastfed each of us for around 2 years and my older sister breastfed her two boys also. It was just natural that I was going to do the same. During my pregnancy I did a lot of research into breastfeeding, and the more I did, the stronger I felt about it. I wanted [...]

Two boys, two different breastfeeding experiences – Patricia’s story

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Breastfeeding my kids is something I’ve aimed to do since I first found out I was pregnant. My oldest son Benjamin and I had a great start in the hospital. From the moment we arrived home, things changed. Latching was an issue and it just didn’t seem like it was worth all of the pain [...]

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