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Breast Feeding Concerns

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mollybob · 09/12/2009 10:27

I'm 16 weeks with DC3 after a 9 year gap since DD. I only managed to feed DS (now 11.7) for 2 weeks - lack of support, lack of me asking for help, lack of me resting as so busy trying to show everyone I was "supermum" then cracked nipples, mastitis, DS losing weight and so moved to FF - milk had failed so badly by then (even though it did come in well at day 3) that I didn't even get engorged when I stopped feeding him. I was/am extremely pro-BF and was devestated by my failure and it was the major contributor to my PND. I was really traumatised by it and everytime I saw anyone BF, read anything about BF I felt nauseated for years. I wasn't very confident that anything would be different with DD but it was. I got good support before leaving hospital but little afterwards but somehow managed to do a lot of things I now realise were exactly right - I was more relaxed (realising being a supermum has nothing to do with having a tidy house), we co-slept, I carried her in a sling 24/7 because I wanted to and I exclusively BF to 25 weeks, had expressed buckets of milk so going back to work at 4 months didn't matter and fed her until 14 months when she gave it up. It was a really healing experience and I've read a lot since and am pretty evangelical with friends but I am pretty scared that I might struggle again in May. I now live in N Ireland which seems to be a bit of a breastfeeding backwater. I have never seen anyone BF in public and I am amazed at the people who don't even consider bf. This will defo be my last baby - advice would be appreciated

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tiktok · 09/12/2009 11:38

Sounds like you have given this a lot of thought and you have a lot of insight, mollybob.

One thing that has changed since you were last pregnant is that NI is actually very forward thinking about breastfeeding support. The Health Promotion Agency of NI had ads for bf on TV and their educational materials are quite good. There are support groups for bf in many areas - might be a good idea to explore where they are near you

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