breastfeeding

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. [...]

Keeping strong – Emily’s story

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Breastfeeding started out a challenge for the two of us. Before my daughter’s birth, support for me breastfeeding was mixed, the negative comments made me want to prove everyone wrong. Even the supporters were saying there was no need to BF after six weeks, due to research, I knew better.
A month early, my daughter was [...]

Difficult start – difficult end – still totally worth it! – Tanya’s story

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After difficulties establishing breastfeeding (drowsy jaundice baby, cracked nipples), I expressed for 7 weeks, when she finally attached properly. Introducing solids was stressful as she was in childcare and refused both solids and the bottle, and I wanted to go back to work at 6 months (not possible). She was not interested in solids until [...]

Breastfeeding after work, at conferences, in 4WD, in a forest !! – Mel’s story

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I breastfed my first lovely daughter until she was 15 months old and I was 7 weeks pregnant, despite having gone back to work when she was 6 months. I wanted to keep feeding until she was older than 11 months as we were flying from Sydney to the USA, and breastfeeding was such a [...]