How long did you struggle with breastfeeding

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Newest First. Violation Reported. I always hold on to the last ten lbs while breastfeeding and when I stop it's easier to shed them I promise that some women need the extra weight to make milk. Breastfeeding made me lose all the pregnancy weight, plus a bonus 15 lbs. I never lost the weight until after I stopped. And she's lookin' fierce!

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You will be subject to the destination website's privacy policy when you follow the link. CDC is not responsible for Section compliance accessibility on other federal or private website. My nipples became raw and cracked due to them being constantly wet. I dreaded having him latch. I had to hand express or pump before each feeding so that he could latch and to prevent him from choking on a blast of milk. I was sleep-deprived, emotional, and frustrated!

I threatened to quit daily, but I felt too guilty. Then, literally the next month, my supply suddenly began to disappear. I tried everything to get my supply back.

In the end, I had to start supplementing with formula more and more to fill his belly, all while I was pumping incessantly to try to increase my supply. For my own sanity, I switched to formula. This ended up working well for us and eased a lot of my stress and tension. I gave it my all, and formula ended up saving our lives, both physically and mentally.

The purpose of sharing these stories is to encourage other new moms that may be struggling with breastfeeding and let them know that they are not alone.

Being a mom is HARD! Sharing experiences and struggles takes courage, but doing so can help other moms who may be experiencing something similar. Bottles to Nursing — Jess White. My breastfeeding journey has been difficult but successful! I was stuck at my delivering hospital for 24 hours before being released to meet my baby so I started pumping and got some colostrum in but then after that, I got absolutely nothing for 5 days.

She would get mad and cry and cry for her bottle. I was unaware that only being able to pump 0. Boy, would I regret that once my milk regulated at 4 weeks! I gave myself one heck of a massive oversupply! I was engorged every 2.

It was terrible. I wish I had known that my baby was capable of getting much more from my breast than my pump was. To work on getting her to latch, I would give her an ounce of milk in her bottle to satisfy her hunger while I pumped from the breast I wanted to feed on to get the milk flowing. Once she was done with the bottle, she was content enough let me get her latched without her getting too frustrated. And after about a week.

I was able to latch her right away without all the prep work. Slowly, over the next month, we worked on breastfeeding more and cutting out bottles. Around 2 months, we made the plunge and switched to exclusively breastfeeding. Looking back though, I wish we had still fed her the occasional bottle because now she refuses to take one altogether. Breastfeeding is hard. My baby is seven months and still eats every 2 hours. When my baby started on bottles I thought it was the end of my breastfeeding hopes.

But being determined and educating myself about milk supply, how it works, and when it comes in, was key! Your body knows what to do, trust it!! When I had my first child, I was so set on breastfeeding. My son was getting the hang of it but my breast milk was wreaking havoc on his little body. After cutting pretty much everything out of my diet, and the blood, sweat, and tears from both of us, we made another trip to the pediatrician and ran a test which confirmed he had blood in his stool.

It was at that point 6 weeks in that I decided to switch to formula. As an overproducer, drying up was a long and painful process. Even with trying every trick in the book, the pain was unbearable and lasted for weeks. The guilt of switching to formula went away when I was finally able to snuggle my baby on my chest. I was never able to snuggle him while breastfeeding because I was in so much pain all the time and was prone to clogged ducts. The feelings that I had failed my baby disappeared when we saw what switching to formula did for our baby.

It was literally night and day. Suddenly, he was a happy baby, all the issues with his gut and stool were resolved, and he was finally pain-free.