Before having my first baby I always said I would try breastfeeding. You are told time and time again it’s benefits but no one really tells you how hard it is. First time I had a natural birth and began feeding to help deliver my placenta, everyone commented on what a good latch he had […]
When I had my first baby 3 years ago, I was determined to feed him for a year, and never use formula. No one in my family had been breastfeeding, but I had support from my husband and friends with various breastfeeding experiences. I read the la leche league book, blogs, attended workshops with my […]
Before I started, I knew breastfeeding wouldn’t be straightforward but I knew it was something I wanted to do. I was very apprehensive, though, as none of my friends had breastfed either through choice or because it had “gone wrong” for them, and neither my mother or grandmother had breastfed either. I kind of just […]
Friends had told us that it was amazing but that you needed to be a little bit determined as well. We used an online course with sections on sleep and feeding etc to help us prepare. I was lucky to have a strong supply from birth but those initial latches still took time and a […]
When I fell pregnant I hadn’t fully made the decision about whether I wanted to breastfeed but as my pregnancy progressed I made the decision that I was definitely going to do it based on what I had read about the benefits I had watched loads of videos and lives, some through HPHB and some […]
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