I really enjoyed this indepth interview as we don't often give the space to
really talk about our breastfeeding experiences.
I don't
really talk about breastfeeding all that much on this blog but I really should because it is one of the most natural and «green» things you can do as a mom.
Not exact matches
I was
talking with a friend
about breastfeeding recently and she observed that since Ava only nurses once per day (before bed) that I'm not
really tandem nursing, and she's right.
Sometimes people
really wanted to
breastfeed and tried
really hard, but it just didn't work out and
talking about it opens the wounds again each time.
I encourage you, when people ask
about breastfeeding or childbirth, to simply say «that's something personal that I'm not
really interested in
talking about».
If lactivists
really cared
about increasing
breastfeeding rates, they'd stop
talking and start listening, but instead they just keep yammering away.
So I think that was the moment for me that
really sunk in like this is
really my baby and so we just snuggled skin to skin for a little while and it wasn't very long before she started showing signs of being interested in eating and we had also
talked to the birth mom and
talked about a plan for... our plan to
breastfeed.
AFRICAN MOON: So I'll start off by saying I had my third child at home, so I think that sort of
talks a little bit
about my experiences in the hospital, but I, you know, I want to say that I think the word baby - friendly is sort of a chicken statement, like I
really want to voice that because they want for hospitals to focus on
breastfeeding so why are we so afraid to say that?
And at the time, she was literally
breastfeeding her own infant, she just had a baby and she was
talking about the importance of
breastfeeding, the baby was latched, you
really couldn't see anything but and tell you what, it was like two or three minutes of
talking about breastfeeding and the importance of
breastfeeding and actually using terms that I
really don't think Sesame Street would use nowadays.
And we'll
talk about those steps in the second half of our conversation, but moms before us kind of dive into all that I
really wanted to get your take, we've all delivered in hospitals here, and I wanted to get your take on how that experience was as far as how these hospitals encouraged you to
breastfeed?
Just like no one
really prepares you for the emotional rollercoaster of trying to establish
breastfeeding with your newborn, there is not much
talk about how when it's over you go for another trip around the rollercoaster track, not to mention the boobs you are left with (or not) at the end of it all!
Still, there's one thing no one
talks about when they
talk about breastfeeding and the difficulties you could potentially face, and it's a shame, because it's honestly the one thing every
breastfeeding or potential
breastfeeding mother
really needs to hear.
I read a great article by an MD that
talks about how doctors are afraid to
really educate women on the benefits of
breastfeeding because they don't want to make moms feel guilty.
This can be having a student from a previous class come back to
talk about her
breastfeeding experience and nursing in class or even a
really good video.
So now you've got three girls total, which I think plays into out topic quite well today and
talking about reasons to
breastfeed because, Christine, I feel like you've kind of experienced a lot of different things having
breastfed twins and now a singleton, so I'm
really excited to hear what you have to say.
No one was
talking about co sleeping then, it just seemed the natural thong to do... just as
breastfeeding wasn't
really encouraged... but again, to me it was a no brainer.
Just wanted to thank you again for sharing this, it
really,
really was nice to see someone else
talk about extended
breastfeeding the same way as I feel
about it.
With my oldest I had NOBODY
talk to me
about breastfeeding and i was scared to
breastfeed, with my second i was more informed that it was better for him but I did nt
really have a support system and I just gave up after a couple weeks, so when I found out I was pregnant again I was determined to nurse and be successful.
LAURENCE GRUMMER - STRAWN: We are not just
talking about infant formula that is
really marketed for the time that is exclusive food of a baby, but
really follow - up formulas as well that are milks targeted during the age - range we recommended
breastfeeding, are also competing with
breastfeeding.
I read articles, watched videos but nobody
really talks about the struggles
about breastfeeding, I was so ignorant.
SUNNY GAULT: Right, so we have been
talking a lot
about the titles today and I am just wondering how do we look past the titles and just
really try to help the
breastfeeding and pumping moms without making them feel uncomfortable?
And I didn't even realize before, you know,
talking about it, that I
really do struggle with this, is the difference between, you know, feeling sexual then also being able to care and
breastfeed your baby as well.
Because no one was having this conversation and no one is
really talking, even to their close friends
about how does it feel to be a
breastfeeding mother having sex.
But I am wondering if Hong - Kong is even missing, you know, places to change your baby's diaper, or, you know what I mean, I wonder if... I don't know and I don't know if the article
really goes into a lot of debt
about that, but like they might not be just
talking about breastfeeding facilities, like go - cover - up or go into a separate room where people don't have to see you.
Talk to your partner / spouse / support people,
really anyone who will be involved in your child's care,
about how important
breastfeeding is to you.
ROBIN KAPLAN: Alright welcome back, today we are
talking about Breastfeeding the jaundiced baby with Rose deVigne - Jackiewicz, and so Rose, what should a breastfeeding mom do if the pediatrician is recommending that she supplement and she really - really wants t
Breastfeeding the jaundiced baby with Rose deVigne - Jackiewicz, and so Rose, what should a
breastfeeding mom do if the pediatrician is recommending that she supplement and she really - really wants t
breastfeeding mom do if the pediatrician is recommending that she supplement and she
really -
really wants to
breastfeed.
I've done some
breastfeeding selfies but I'm not sure that that
really qualifies me to
talk too much
about the topic in today's episode.
It's called «What's Your
Breastfeeding IQ» and I
really should modify it to be like «What's Your
Breastfeeding Pumping Breast milk IQ» because we
talk about lot of different topics but here's what's going to happen.
Research on birth interventions is also very difficult due to the fact that with the whole cascade of interventions that we've been
talking about, it can be
really difficult to zone out what specifically is responsible for any
breastfeeding issues.
We have
talked about finding some resources but are there any other tips that you want to share with future
breastfeeding mammas to
really prepare for that postpartum period.