I’ve always known I wanted to be a mom and I’ve pretty much always wanted to be able to breastfeed my babies.
I never really thought there would be much to it until I got pregnant and started paying attention to other new and nursing moms and reading what to expect pregnancy books. I think many of us think breastfeeding will come naturally until it doesn’t.
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I went into labor at 31 weeks and was on light activity until my water broke at 36 weeks and I had him in 3 hours. During delivery the doctor was not able to get my placenta out. After an hour of pushing on my stomach he had to reach up and pull it out causing severe bleeding.
I became anemic from all the blood loss; I lost over 1,000 cc's of blood and needed a transfusion.
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I was able to start breastfeeding immediately after birth. I had a little trouble with getting him to latch at first, but the L&D nurses helped us out, and we had no other issues the rest of our day and a half in the hospital.
Within the first day or two at home, I noticed some pain in my nipples and some cracks developing.
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There are an almost-insurmountable number of decisions for first-time parents. White noise machine? Wipe warmer? Sleep sack? Bassinet? In the midst of all of these decisions, one thing I was certain of was my plan to try to breastfeed. Unfortunately, all of my book-reading, class-attending, and video-watching could not prepare me for the many (MANY!) hurdles in those early days of breastfeeding.
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Before I had our firstborn I told my husband, "I don't want to be stressed about feeding him. I want to try to breastfeed, but if it doesn't work I want us both to be on the same page and be happy that our child is fed. It seems like a lot of moms really stress out a lot about feeding, and it just doesn't seem worth it. Fed is best, right?" My husband nodded in approval.
I was around 30 weeks pregnant with my child (first + only), when my doctor asked me if I was planning on breastfeeding.
I remember not knowing how to answer.
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Gracie decided to surprise my husband and me on Mother’s Day, 7 weeks before her due date.
We were admitted into the NICU and I was cautioned by my doctor that there was a chance that pumping and breastfeeding would be a major challenge for us.
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Many mothers want to continue nursing their toddlers when pregnant and when the new baby arrives but think it’s an issue or believe they won’t be able to produce milk for the new baby.
It’s perfectly fine to continue nursing while pregnant.
Prior to having Finley, I thought to myself that breastfeeding was going to be a breeze. It’s natural; what could be so hard? I had no idea that Finley and my breastfeeding journey would go the way it did.
I hope that by me sharing our story that I can give hope to another mother to continue one more day.
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At my 20 week ultrasound appointment all I could think about was the excitement of seeing my healthy baby and learning the gender. I never considered that we'd get a diagnosis for a defect.
Defect. That word was an instant dagger into my perfectionist, "type A" heart. I'd already failed my baby.
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I had our first child, Lila, when I was 21 years young.
Nothing prepared me for the first weeks, the swelling, the pain, the cracked nipples and leaking boobs.
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“There’s a whole lot of boob talk on that bus.”
There sure is, and I’m very proud of it.
What matters is that people are talking. They are talking about breastfeeding.
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We were recently introduced to Glenis Liz-Decuir, a Mama who has previously given birth to and breastfed two children, and is now planning to co-nurse with her wife, who is carrying their third child.
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*We’ve partnered with Traditional Medicinals to shed some light on herbs and their beneficial properties for breastfeeding.
To learn more about how herbs can support lactation we spoke with herbalist, innovator, and mama Zoe Kissam of Traditional Medicinals.
pumpspotting: Traditional Medicinals has a product that we at pumpspotting are wild about: Mother’s Milk Tea. Can you tell me what makes this tea so helpful for nursing mamas?
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My inspiration to make beautiful pumping + nursing friendly bras was my daughter Arden.
I realized there was a major void in functional and beautiful undergarments for pumping moms, I made it my mission to create them.
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As a new breastfeeding mom 6 years ago I remember feeling stressed out, anxious and scared to breastfeeding in public.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) learned before she welcomed her daughter that the Senate wasn’t built for new mothers — or, for that matter, anyone else who can’t appear in the Senate chamber.
So she wants to change the rules.
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