I actually think sometimes milk does dry up for no reason and there are things that happen people can't control, like some people can't get pg with no reason you wouldn't say well if your having sex you can get pg so just get back to basics, breastfeeding as more to it and sometimes it doesn't work, so yes I think I am very lucky to be able to breast feed because I have a few friends that no matter how much they tried they couldn't continue
Sonny i can see where your coming from, i am all for BFing and wanting women in the community to trust in their body and realise it is natural and it's NOT easy to BF. and it's totally worth the effort to keep trying to do it. BUT....
In saying that your post did come across a little judgmental and not everyone has the assistance or the strength to push through sore nipples or a bub loosing weight to be able to continue to BF.
Sometimes things are out of our control and we DO NOT get to continue BFing when we wish we could.
DD1 was BF'd until just before 6mths, i had gallstones and required an op as i was in sooo much pain, we tried giving her EBM and she wouldn't take it, we resorted to formula while i was in hosp and on the mend as BFing was very painful at the time.
A week later i was back in hosp for 6 days on IV fluids and on pain killers, i tried expressing to keep up my supply and it didn't work, by the time i got out i literally no had milk.. i tried letting her feed to get my supply going again and it didn't work.. i was shattered and if i had someone tell me back then i should get back to basics, and just try and feed feed feed i would have burst into tears and felt like cr@p.. i did what i thought best for my daughter at the time.
Knowledge is power, we have a wonderful community here on BB to offer us support and ways to get through things, but i don't think telling someone to get back to basics and lanolin is helping the cause, we need to be supportive of each other no matter our choices to BF, FF, co-sleep or CC.
Theres no harm in pointing our opinion forward but every situation is different and there is no easy 'fix' for issues like this.
And you know what i do think your LUCKY and i would be pleased if people in my life saw it that way, a lot of people ask WHY am i still BFing DD2... i consider myself lucky to get that opportunity every day!
It's not easy and if someone says oh you've got it easy i am actually quite happy to say no not really, BFing is hard work but we got there and now i quite enjoy it.
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