Ok, so have to admit - am not a breastfeeding mum anymore. But I certainly was when Charley was little!

Because she was a premmie, I couldn’t breastfeed for a while, so I expressed every three hours for months, just waiting for her to be able to breastfeed - I was desperate to. It was almost funny expressing hundreds of mls of milk and see her take only about 20 mls of it a feed! I had an entire dairy farm in my freezer!

When she did finally start, it was very difficult - she was still so little and would get tired very easily when feeding. When I first brought her home, I actually had to set my alarm for feeding times as she wouldn’t even wake up for a feed.

On top of it all, she didn’t sleep very often - still doesn’t - and so I found myself at one of those sleep schools. But once they had observed me breastfeeding, they sent me home with instructions on how to do it properly. A couple of days later, I gave up. I had been through enough trying to get her to breastfeed in the first place - and now to be told I was doing it all wrong was too much. I had lasted 5 months, but was still so upset with myself for throwing in the towel.

I love the idea of this breastfeeding support group. Even though I am not still breastfeeding I am glad to be apart of it and maybe be able to encourage some other mums who are still breastfeeding.

madmadmummy :: Apr.01.2007 :: breastfeeding stories :: No Comments »

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