The most common one for newborns is
a stressful breastfeeding experience, such as having their head forced onto the breast early on, makes them not want to breastfeed.
Not exact matches
Name: Crystal Lives in: Jersey City, New Jersey
Breastfeeding experience:
Stressful, disappointing, and upsetting Main challenges: Lactation failure; took time to diagnose the problem; felt shamed by lactation consultants
Breastfed for: Tried for 5 weeks before finally giving up
• Personal or Family history of Depression or Anxiety • History of severe PMS or PMDD • Chronic Pain or Illness • Fertility Treatments • Miscarriage • Traumatic or
Stressful Pregnancy or Birthing
Experience • Abrupt Discontinuation of
Breastfeeding • Substance Abuse Knowing the signs and symptoms of a perinatal mood disorder such as Postpartum Depression (PPD) or Anxiety are very important in order to get the appropriate help.
If you find yourself needing to practically strip to feed your baby, your
breastfeeding in public
experience could be greatly inhibited not to mention
stressful.
I think for our first, his
breastfeeding experience was traumatic /
stressful so that is why he resisted it.
Additional reasons for deciding not to
breastfeed can include concern about the quality and quantity of breast milk, and partner and family support, which are common across developed and developing countries.10, 11 Women who decide not to
breastfeed are also more likely to have smoked during their pregnancy, be primiparous mothers (i.e., having their first child), and to have a child born low birth weight or with complex health issues such as cystic fibrosis.9, 12 Prenatal and post-natal
stressful experiences may also reduce the duration of
breastfeeding.13 Finally, several studies suggest that mother's who return to work within the first 6 months postpartum or anticipate an early return to full - time employment, are less likely to
breastfeed.