Not exact matches
Here I am: 29 years
old, sprawled in the backseat
of our
old Trailblazer, holding another nearly - 9 lbs
baby, in front
of a crowd
of strangers, and without thought, I'm trying to wrestle my shirt off through my laughter, I just want to get that
baby to
latch onto me, I miss him inside, I'm empty, already, but I have something to give him, it's nothing but raw instinct.
But as the
baby gets
older and you get much more comfortable, it becomes like a nature and you don't have to worry about that kind
of thing, you learn that mother's intuition that everything is going to be fine and they just
latch and go and then they're done and they're off.
Nipple soreness, breast engorgement, poor
latch, low supply, or the
old use - mom - as - a-pacifier trick are just a few
of the roadblocks moms encounter when trying to breastfeed their
baby.
Ninety - two percent
of mothers surveyed when their
baby was three days
old were worried about breastfeeding - for example, that they weren't making enough milk or that the infant wasn't
latching on well.
Give yourself time to get your body accustomed to having your
baby latched on to your breast most
of the times, especially newborns since they require more feedings than
older infants.
Between the poor
latch and my over-abundance
of milk supply, I ended up with a clogged duct and a brutal case
of mastitis when my
baby was not even a week
old.
, and the
baby «s head is bigger than my boob, its fine (laughs) my everything is fine and I remember just lifting up my shirt you know my son was underneath
of this very light receiving blanket, I remember lifting up my shirt and I was like, for up untilnow and for this past 6 weeks I had really been helping him to
latch on and stufflike that and because I was making sure the blanket wasn't falling off the next thing I knew he
latched on all by himself and I was like, «oh my gosh», and I waslike we have arrived (laughs) and ever since then I was totally not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be but I actually needed my 6 weeks
old son to show me that we knew what we were doing because clearly I was not confident enough yet but that was 6 1/2 years ago and it still really stick in my mind.