So, while some children can
give up breastfeeding without a fuss, others will have a much harder time especially when it happens too quickly.
Not exact matches
To the best of our ability, their father and I raised our children to see both parents working in the home and
without as normal, and when they grew
up, our daughters, our only children, had no second thoughts about
giving time to their careers, nor to the advantages of
breastfeeding and the importance of providing healthy, whole foods to their families.
Had I not already
breastfed two children to 2y2m and 2y7m (
without any formula whatsoever - my personal goal), I would have probably
given up in despair.
They had her hooked
up to all sorts of stuff (she was stuck in the box, they didn't want her skin to skin with me, wouldn't let me
breastfeed her the first day, and kept her in the nursery, we visited every two hours), had her on an IV and then
gave her formula
without my permission, because she had jaundice and low blood sugar at birth.
I'm trying to come
up with an analogy to illustrate how ridiculous it is to
give women the message that they must
breastfeed without supporting them, but I can't.
By that time, there was enough data available to declare safe not only
breastfeeding without giving up the injections, but even not to stop taking them during pregnancy itself.
I started researching how I might
breastfeed without having to
give up my treatment.
It is very positive that we are promoting and encouraging
breastfeeding, but there is a fine line; some women feel that they can not
give up breastfeeding in the very early days
without experiencing a huge amount of negativity.
Without the assistance of the
breastfeeding counsellors at the Princess Royal maternity hospital in Glasgow, who sat with me through the tears and the pain, I may have
given up myself.
I took a notebook and filled
up multiple pages with things like how to
give baby a bath, how to care for a circumcision,
breastfeeding tips, how to swaddle baby, and how to change a diaper (somehow I made it through life
without changing a single diaper until Little J was born).
Coming
up next week, we have Rose deVigne Jackiewicz, discussing «Inducing Lactation:
Breastfeeding Without Giving Birth.»
This means you and baby can work together to resolve
breastfeeding issues,
without needing resort to expressing or
giving up.
We made it through three - and - half years of
breastfeeding, and I believe I couldn't have done it
without giving up dairy and soy.
PArticularly the mom who
gave birth naturally,
breastfed while she was being sewn
up, and made dinner four hours later all
without an epideral somehow put her in a class all her own and the rest of us should «try harder».
I really think that
without your help, I would have switched to formula and
given up breastfeeding.