KOzsari on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Sometimes I feel like breastfeeding is just easier for everyone else and still a daily struggle for me at 2 months. Does anyone else feel like they've got it all wrong? What has been difficult for you,...
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Having to cut so much out of my diet was really difficult. And having a high needs baby that had to literally be attached to me all. day. long was excruciating at times.. I suffered from being "touched...
View Articledojo on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
We dealt with difficulty latching at first and a lot of nipple pain for about 6-8 weeks. Then it just started getting better all of a sudden and now it's easy breezy (LO is 8 months).
View ArticleElderberrygin on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Breastfeeding was a nightmare until three months. I had oversupply that left me crawling the walls in pain every time I nursed, caused repeated bouts of mastitis and created a foremilk imbalance that...
View Articleautumnlove on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
My milk came in late and then I had oversupply issues but things settled around 6 weeks.
View ArticleMrsStar on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
The worst part for me was the cluster feeding. I expected it to be hard, but it was even harder then I imagined. For a week straight LO was attached to me from 7pm-11pm. DH was working nights that week...
View ArticleFoodnerd81 on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Insecurity in general- is my latch good enough, is she getting enough, is something in eating upsetting her tummy? The feeling that something I work so hard to give her could be hurting her, even in...
View ArticleMapleMoose on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
M's suck is so strong that she visibly bruised my nipples so I have to stop BF and resort to pumping while the girls heal.
View ArticleBoheme on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Poor latch, tongue tie, and lip tie. My DS was born via vacuum birth, so his face, neck, and jaw were sore so he didn't want to open wide, making latching even harder. Now at 4 months its easy, but we...
View Articleillumina on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
The first few days were tough with having blistered, painful nipples... but at almost 5wks, nothing terrible, just an overactive let down resulting in quite a bit of spit up.
View ArticlePenny Lane on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
bad latch for sure. this caused torn up nipples, and an open wound that wouldn't heal due to a staph infection. I pumped and bottle fed from week 2 - 5 because I couldn't take the pain of latching.even...
View ArticleTidybee on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Ohmygosh everything. She had a shallow latch, minimal sucking reflex and my nipples were torn up for a good 6 weeks. I spent over $1000 on lactation consultants, got her tongue clipped, and then...
View ArticleCherrybee on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
I wasn't able to breastfeed in the end; we had so many problems - flat nipples, tongue tie, bleeding nipples, mastitis in both breasts. Eventually, what little milk I had disappeared. For me, the worst...
View Articlemediagirl on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
I had such a hard time at the beginning, I ended up pumping exclusively for a fee months. It was so painful, her latch blew, we just didn't find a good groove until she was 4 months old. I swear it's...
View ArticleKemma on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
@Cherrybee: I remember the anxiety and I carry a fair amount of guilt over how I felt for the first few months of LO's life :-(@grizz: being sucked out by ventouse made my LO a very sore and angry wee...
View Articleavivoca on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Thrush. We got it early at 10 days old. Fear of losing my supply and hoping she's just an efficient nurser. I hate the toe curling pain at latch-on.
View ArticleDandelion on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
I had an over active letdown. DS would trigger the letdown, and then I had to pop him off while it was spraying everywhere. It was nice to have a good supply, but that part was really hard to manage....
View Articlescotchbonnet on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
The horrible pain during and after feeding. This went on for over 6 weeks until lo's tongue tie was clipped. It is only now starting to get better, and I am a little sad that I still don't love...
View Articlescotchbonnet on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Oh yeah, I also had those panick stricken moments when I would hear her waking up. I really feel sad that I was not able to enjoy the newborn days, and I am seriously contemplating not breastfeeding...
View ArticleBookish on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Having to stop :( my supply was never great, and despite supplements and such my LO no longer gets enough to eat during a nursing session. I'm down to two nursing sessions with a bottle in between at...
View Articlelawbee11 on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Being the only one that can feed her. Sometimes in the middle of the night it would be nice to have DH feed her! She still comfort nurses a lot, so the times DH has given her a bottle of expressed milk...
View ArticleFoodnerd81 on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
@lawbee11: same here, so there's no point in Dh getting up with her. It is pretty annoying! Now if she wakes up when I know she isn't hungry yet sometimes I make him get her.
View Articleyin on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
LO's sucking reflex didn't come naturally and even bottle feeding proved difficult at first. He only latched on once or twice and sucked very little. I ended up EP for 13 months.
View Articlehilsy85 on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
The pain, not knowing if the pain was normal, and not knowing if the pain would ever get better. IT DID. Breastfeeding FINALLY felt ok at 8.5 weeks, and got better from there. I had always heard 6...
View ArticleSmurfette on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Feeling like a milk cow and being the only one to feed her. Yeah DH could give her a bottle so I could sleep in but I would still have to pump.
View ArticleAnagram on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
@KOzsari: everything. My LO had a tight jaw at birth from fetal positioning, and after spending well over $1000 on LC visits, going to BFing support groups twice a week, getting her tongue and lip ties...
View Articlemaybebaby on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
Each stage brings different difficulties:Weeks 1-4 cracked, bleeding nipples, poor latch, low supply due to blood loss, ended up using nipple shield to let nips recover and supplemented with formula....
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@yin: we had that too! A bad suck reflex... The therapist worked in that but it still isn't great with a bottle. Makes me sad because my babe still only drinks 19-20 oz a day from a bottle, which isn't...
View Articlelamariniere on "What have been the hardest parts about breastfeeding for you?"
SO many challenges. I had flat nipples, DS had a poor latch and clipping the tongue tie didn't do much for either of us. I saw a lactation consultant on several occasions and it never helped much...
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