For the first time, breastfeeding is hard :(

[Jaycee]

I just wanted to say I think you're awesome! You had so may hurdles you needed to get through, more than may people could handle, and you did it! You should be very proud of yourself, you've done a wonderful thing for your boy, continuing to feed, when it hurt like hell and you could have easily give up, but you didn't!

Well done Teeki, I'm so glad things are looking up for you!

[Teeki]

Naw thanks Jaycee This has made me realise exactly what people mean when they say breastfeeding is hard, and I have a whole new appreciation for how easy I had it with DD! I just wish others had the same level of support to keep going when it gets tough.

[OceanPrincess]

That's the thing that can frustrate a lot of passionate breastfeeding support types (you know the ones I mean ) - help is here. We are here, 24/7, we are here. But you have to reach out - we can't come to you if we don't know you need us.

Well done on getting through. What a wonderful DH you have to be so supportive.

[Teeki]

The funny thing about DH is that his boss's wife had a baby not that long ago. On Friday DH asked him how it was going and he mentioned that his wife had just stopped breastfeeding and was a bit sad about it. So DH asked him why and he said she wasn't making enough milk. She stopped at around 6 weeks. Without being too pushy DH told him that it wasn't too late if she wanted to keep going and help was out there. He knew enough to tell him that it's about supply and demand and she had to keep offering it, no matter if he'd just had a feed, if he's hungry give it to him. He offered to pass on my number of she wanted to chat and so I could pass on the details of our Dr and the LC that helped me. He's awesome

They didn't want the help though, they're hoping the formula will help his reflux and get him sleeping better. So DH came home and told me, and said he was a little disappointed that she didn't have the support I had, and if I can keep going with half a nipple falling off () then she probably could have kept going with some help.

[Ladylove]

Your DH sounds gorgeous Teeki. So many women mistakenly think they have supply issues just because they have inherited the expectation that a newborn shouldn't want to feed every two hours or that an unsettled bub automatically means not enough milk or because their milk might be slower to fully come in etc then when they start introducing formula top ups lower supply does become real. Of course supply can be a real issue in the first instance but there is help out there.

Teeki i am very happy for you, it sounds like you had a really awful start to BF this time around. X

[onthefly]

Respect. You fed with your nipple half falling off.

[Teeki]

Respect. You fed with your nipple half falling off.

It sure felt like it sometimes! But he's a bit of an exaggerater I'm sure there are lots of others who've had it much harder than I did, I was just totally thrown by how not easy it was compared to DD.

Thanks ladylove, I think he's pretty great