tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673509264429605023.post6159434374407770796..comments2024-01-11T09:47:43.780-05:00Comments on Diary of a Lactation Failure (Or a tale of two titties): Breastfeeding Grief and Redefining Success.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15355486182575839930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673509264429605023.post-62373828569531749622011-07-31T17:20:54.885-04:002011-07-31T17:20:54.885-04:00Loved your comment! 2 ounces feels amazing! I can ...Loved your comment! 2 ounces feels amazing! I can remember going to the lactation consultant and my babies weighing the same amount before and after a feeding. Such heartbreak. We gain more glandular tissue with each pregnancy and nursing period. Maybe if I had 3 more kids, I'd be able to exclusively breastfeed the last one, but hubby won't go for that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355486182575839930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673509264429605023.post-83670107100610320602011-07-24T20:27:04.257-04:002011-07-24T20:27:04.257-04:00Thank you so much for your blog. I am the mother ...Thank you so much for your blog. I am the mother of a 9 year old, a 6 year old, and a soon-to-be one month old. I struggled with breastfeeding grief with all of my children. I felt gobsmacked by the process with my first child. I can remember crying and crying and feeling like a failure. I visited a lactation consultant, drank special herbs, rented a hospital grade breast pump, and used an SNS. I never did make enough milk to exclusively breastfeed. However, I eventually came to see my situation as beneficial rather than detrimental. I got to breastfeed my daughter, snuggle with her, love on her. Then, if someone else wanted to give her a bottle, I could go do something else for a minute or two. Because our nursing relationship was not her primary food source, I never really experienced the drop in supply that forces moms to wean their babies. My daughter nursed until she was two and half. Then, with my two subsequent pregnancies, the reality of my low supply became easier to manage on an emotional level. I have also been surprised by the fact that I have produced more milk with each successive pregnancy. In fact my newborn son and I had a visit with the lactation consultant this past week, at which time we determined that he had taken in two ounces of my milk at a feeding. I was not using an SNS at the time. While two ounces is nothing to a regular lactating mom, it's like a flood of milk to me. I have never made so much milk in my life. Will I ever make enough to ditch the formula? I doubt it. But I stand comforted in the fact that I can make something for my son and in the fact that my two older children and I have an extremely close relationship. I am sure that this came from the years I nursed them.Lucky Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921090009369974541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673509264429605023.post-82345113348642915292011-04-19T14:19:56.956-04:002011-04-19T14:19:56.956-04:00I don't think it would be weird to see you bot...I don't think it would be weird to see you bottle feed after the breast! I think its weird when breastfeeding moms feed formula when they are in public because they "feel more comfortable" and its "easier" for them.... I have met so many moms like that. Even my aunt refused to BF because it was "weird" 11 years ago.Natural Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020682334169497438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673509264429605023.post-18058064369959927082011-04-18T11:34:45.670-04:002011-04-18T11:34:45.670-04:00It's true. And yet, I'm guilty of judging ...It's true. And yet, I'm guilty of judging other moms myself, especially formula feeders. THAT'S JUST CRAZY. I think it's more I'm jealous that they probably could have been able to breastfeed, and didn't. Silly. But, I also feel like everyone's wondering why I'm feeding my baby a bottle after nursing, when more people are probably put-off by my nursing (unfortunately.) But I'd much rather be seen breastfeeding in public than bottlefeeding, because I want to be part of the solution in making breastfeeding "normal" again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355486182575839930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673509264429605023.post-87119759828794617962011-04-18T09:24:51.217-04:002011-04-18T09:24:51.217-04:00This is so great to read! It helps put my observat...This is so great to read! It helps put my observations of other moms in another perspective. We NEVER KNOW WHY another mom does what she does and who are WE to judge or be opinionated about their actions?<br /><br />I applaud any women who is persistent enough to pursue the breast no matter what. That is a true super mom! <3Natural Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020682334169497438noreply@blogger.com