Sentences with phrase «giving end of breastfeeding»

By then I had learned an immense amount of information about breastfeeding, and found myself on the giving end of breastfeeding support.

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Some experts might say that it's a mistake to give a bottle so early in life, or that giving her formula would have spelled the end of our breastfeeding relationship, but it was right for us.

I did that even though I know that many breastfeeding mothers also give pacifiers, and even though DS ended up having lots of bottles (mostly of breastmilk) after I went back to work at 6 weeks.

If somebody makes it for an entire year of breastfeeding, we have a small little party that ends with me giving a t - shirt to the baby.

We have suffered at the other end of the judgement spectrum of me having given up breastfeeding at 5 months due to an (then) undiagnosed tongue - tie.

Fewer than 18 % of mothers who initiate breastfeeding are giving their babies any breast milk at all at the end of the minimal year recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

I gave up on breastfeeding my daughter who is now almost two... and ended up formula feeding her after two weeks of struggling, engorgement, and mastitis.

I was sad that these changes saw my supply drop slightly, and I feared this signalled the end of our breastfeeding, though the increased freedom it afforded me gave me more time to enjoy with Nell.

People felt they were alone on each end of the spectrum and the other thing that was really striking was the impact, not just on breastfeeding, of on a woman's perception of her body, but the impact of giving birth.

We went to the breastfeeding clinic at Children's, I tried to take all the advice everyone wanted to give me, but alas by the end of her 2nd month I gave up trying to feed her at the breast.

I mostly worried with the first as she completely refused to breastfeed from day one and screamed for the first 4 months of her life for hours on end (so she was bottle fed: / Did give her cups of breastmilk when I had my second)..

I ended up supplementing with formula partially because of doctors who were too alarmist about his weight, but also because of really intense, borderline mean, and not helpful lactation consultants at my (very breastfeeding - friendly) hospital... but most importantly, because he was showing signs of dehydration, and I swear to god any mom would immediately give some form of alternate feeding in that situation.

RACHEL JACKSON: Ok, my name is Rachel Jackson I am the mother of two boys ages three and five years old I've been practicing law for about 16 years and was often travelling for work and struggling with breastfeeding and pumping and trying to find a sanitary place to pump and I ended up having so many bouts of mastitis and plugged ducts because of it, that I ended up, I started giving up a lot of work because it was just too hard to pump.

One of the nurses suggested we give her a «top - up» formula feed after the breastfeeding just to ensure she gets what she needs — this worked for us for a little while but in the end we started using formula full - time, I must admit I was somewhat disappointed but i know i did what i could and my daughter is thriving even though she isn't breastfed.