100% breastfeeders - please come and say hello - feeling a little isolated here!

[Miaou]

I'm the only bfeeder in RL in my group of friends, and it seems that much of my postnatal group on here is mixed feeding. I've now reached the point where the tiredness is getting to me and I have reached a low ebb. Many people (out of kindness) have suggested I should begin weaning or introduce a bottle, which I am really not ready to do. Fortunately dh backs me all the way but I would like to chat to other 100% breastfeeders (past or present), just to reassure me that I'm not my own!

Just come and say hello and maybe we can offer each other a boost if/when we are feeling down!

Quick hijack, why is Hunker sitting in beans?

How much does she feed at night, aloha?

at your dd's 'boob diving' misdee! My dd is only 5 months, but will wriggle herself into bf position and has her gob open like a little baby bird (ok - like a great big greedy guts). It really makes me laugh .

For Children In Need as she is a charidee kinda gal

i dont like night feeds either but they are slowly dwindling down. thank goodness.

is hunker in beans? where?

'cos she can't afford a St Tropez

Miaou, are you all right up there in the frozen north? If there's anything useful I can do, just email me, okay?

I love spidermama's story about her ds2: "I'll never forget ds2 looking up at me with utter satisfaction, wiping his mouth and saying, 'Ugga shide' "

Hello Miaou - I 100% bf my ds4 at the moment & have I bfed all my other kids. Take each day as it comes - pace yourself. The best thing I did was to bf & move around so I can get on with things whilst ds is breastfeeding. Find it so easy when out & about as well! Good luck xxx

Aw frogs you're lovely I'm doing ok really, just having a bit of a wobbly week at the mo.

miaou,I breast fed both of mine for 9 months,still catching up with the sleep deprivation! but felt the whole thing was really worth it.Sleep any time you can and eat loads,you need it.

Actually, Miaou, I may not be bfeeding any more, but I'm doing amazingly well, by my standards. Dh is away in Africa, I'm facing my 3rd weekend with all three children on my own, and I haven't yet put a child up for auction on ebay. Now do I get a halo, or what?

Hope you feel better soon.

hooray to breastfeeders! Fed all 4 ds's 6mnths or more.still feeding ds 3 when pregnant with ds4!didn't know!. Remember ds 4 saying."this ones orange that ones blackcurrant". Defo time to stop!!.Didn't want to though.

miaou, just keep thinking if you get to 1yr then u dont need to buy formula. that is what keeps me going. only 3months to go.

Miaou - just being nosey, I remember your "in labour going on the ferry" posts... where up north are you?

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Fed up this week myself with "why dont you just give him a bottle/solids if you're tired?" "isnt it about time you stopped b/feeding now anyway?"

DS is 7 months. Ho hum.

Don't let people pressure you! stop when you want to.Just remember you wont be feeding babe through the school fence!!! does it matter? It goes so quick, i really miss the baby yrs.

Hellooo! can i join too? breastfeeding dd who is 9 weeks old, never managed to breastfeed 100% succesfully with ds1 or ds2 so im feeling a great sense of acheivement now im 100% breastfeeding dd! havent had chance to read all these messages yet as im about to scoot off and take em' all to their neices birthday party, but just read oops' message - made me giggle!!!

Morning everyone. I went to bed at 9.30pm last night, fed ds at 12am and 6am, and got up about 15 minutes ago! Lovely dh left me to sleep. Thank you all for your positive messages - I am feeling good about it all now.

Misdee - that's what keeps me going - I am pretty determined that ds won't have formula in any form.

Frogs - you are superwoman too! I think coping with all three alone gives us a great sense of achievement (as well as a great sense of fatigue ) As for those of us like Misdee and those single parents who do it all the time....I take my hat off to you all

Suzi2 - I live in the Highlands, on the side of a long loch and the hospital is on the other side, hence we have to cross it using a ferry or drive all the way round which takes forever!

QV - hang on in there. This is why we need this thread to give us a boost now and then!

Hiya Helen - of course you can join in! - I would like this to be a support thread for all us 100% feeders who find it hard going from time to time

Hi Miaou and all you lovely bf mums .

Hope everyone is hanging on in there. My dd2 is 4 and a half months now and I've been feeling the pressure. A few weeks ago her weight gain really started to tail off and the HV brought out the 'thrive lines' overlay chart which really worried me.

I considered topping up with formula but went to my local Breast Friends support group where I spoke to another HV who was dead supportive and encouraged me to carry on as I had been and see how it panned out.

At the next weigh-in dd had put on nearly a pound! Yay! So glad I stuck with it. If any of you are lucky enough to have a Breast Friends group in your area, check it out. They are so helpful.

(Sorry if anyone has mentioned this earlier in the thread...it's a bit looong...which is good, of course!).

Ah right - I think I have a fair idea where you are. I'm in Fife but have relatives in Dingwall. You got any snow there yet?

keep going miaou your doing a great job

why is it every time you say your tired or babe's weight drops off a little the first thing anyone mentions is "bottle of formula" I always felt that everyone was willing me to give in and give a bottle, felt like it was me against the world! why do people in general think it's impossible to feed a baby breastmilk only?

sneakily do feel so proud breastfed DD for a year straight onto beaker of cows milk feel like giving the doubters two fingers

Quite concerned about the amount of ebm you workers are managing to express. Any tips? Am doing it in a half-hearted manner atm but get about 4 oz per day (which is obviously not enough by the looks of it) Tried to express whilst she feeds but she either stops feeding to look or starts kicking the pump away. Help!