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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 [...]

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 [...]

It was all worth it! – Trudy’s story

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My first baby surprised us by arriving four and a half weeks early. She was very little weighing only 5lb 13oz and had the most beautiful but teeny rosebud mouth. I was a 12E with quite large nipple so we had some problems from the first feed. I found it painful but was told that [...]

I was always going to breastfeed – Jo-Anne’s story

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So we had a go at breastfeeding. Trying to attach a very small baby (he was 2.4kg) was tricky and time consuming. He had no idea and didn’t think a nice wide mouth at all necessary. It also turned out he was just too small to suck hard enough to draw out my inverted nipples. Luckily for me there was a lactation consultant on. She came and assessed the non attaching feed and suggested using nipple shields. Once I started using nipple shields it all fell in to place. Oliver was able to attach and suck well. It was certainly not comfortable feeding, in fact down right excruciating would be a good term. Sucking basically rips all the tissue attachments that keep the nipple in. I screwed up my toes and breathed deeply. Feeds hurt the most at the start and then settled to a dull pain which I could cope with.

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