breastfeeding

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 went [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The best thing I have done! – Alexia’s story

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My gorgeous wee man was born at 37 weeks exactly. His suck was excellent despite being early and we tried to feed straight away. During the first few days I had a lot of difficulty latching him and blisters and sores started appearing on my nipples. I was sure this wasn’t right and asked for some help, but everyone said I was doing fine and to continue.

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