We hope you all enjoyed our first story on “The Fearless Mommy” during our breastfeeding month. We found it necessary to share some other mommies breastfeeding stories. There is no perfect journey. Through the stories displayed on the blog you will see that as mommies we go through good things and bad things and sometimes as tired as we may be we stick it out for the better.
I want to introduce our guest for the week.
Guest Name: Christina
Guest Location: Midwest
3 facts about Guest: She enjoys spending time with her children, traveling and watching horror movies and television shows.
When I had my first child, I breastfed her until she was four months old.
Breastfeeding was very painful and was never easy for me. I started pumping daily. I pumped two to three times everyday to try to increase my milk supply.
I thought pumping would have made it easier for me but it only left me with sore nipples everyday.
I would blame it on the breast pump I was using at the time.
Yes it was an electric pump. Medela by the way.
With my first child I didn’t know much about breastfeeding. A lot of the information I came across was from researching online or reading books.
If I would prepared a little more I feel like this experience could have been different.
Now I have a five month old I feel that I have more knowledge about breastfeeding.
The demands of staying consistent with breastfeeding are what made me stop the first time. The second time around I knew what to expect so it wasn’t a surprise.
Once my second child was born I realized I was very comfortable breastfeeding.
I had pain for the first two weeks and after that it was a piece of cake.
This time around my Medela electric breast pump has definitely been a lifesaver.
I love the connections I have gained with both of my children during my breastfeeding moments. However, my five month old no longer gets breast milk due to my crazy work schedule. I work five days a week. First shift. Which means a thirty minute lunch. Within my lunch I would have to squeeze in time to pump and eat.
Working in corporate SUCKS!
Even though I wasn’t able to go past the four month mark with both my children I wouldn’t change my experience at all. I learned a lot about myself within this journey and the effect it has on my children’s health.
If you are a mother or expecting a child and you are reading my story know that even though I only breastfed for four months you can surpass me and beat the odds. I believe every woman should experience breastfeeding in some way. Two weeks? One month? Two month and so forth.
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