Breastfeeding 101.

February 8, 2012 By 1 Comment

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Pregnancy and birth are life-changing events to be sure, but there is more than just the birth of the baby to prepare for.  If you are planning to breastfeed your baby, then it is necessary to prepare for that as well.  Unfortunately many women are ill-informed about what to expect during their breastfeeding experience.  Although breastfeeding is the most natural way to feed your baby, it does not always come naturally and there is much to learn before you begin.

There is so much to tell you about this subject.  I think it would be best to break it up into several posts and give you everything you need to know to get a great start to your journey as a breastfeeding mother.  I’ll be covering all of these subjects over the next several posts:

I’m really excited about sharing these posts with you.  As a mother who exclusively breastfed all of my children for a minimum of 12 months, I have a lot of experience and have learned a whole lot over those combined 40 months of breastfeeding.  I hope it will be a help and encouragement to you!  We’ll start next week by learning about benefits to the mother.
Tell me, are you planning on breastfeeding your baby, or have you already?

 

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  1. Tasha says:
    February 23, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    No, it doesn’t always come naturally. I discovered this myself when our daughter was born. I just figured it would be easy, and natural. Natural it was, but easy it wasn’t. My daughter was 3 weeks early and extremely jaundice. The doctors were concerned with her rapid weight loss, considering she was only 5 pounds when she was born, I was too. When a baby has jaundice, the best way to lower the bilirubin count is by feeding, unfortunately my milk had not yet come in, therefore I was forced to supplement with formula. Although it was the best thing for my daughter at the time, supplementing had a huge impact on my milk production later on, something the doctors failed to inform me of. It was a struggle, but I continued to breastfeed for as long as possible. Although I was never able to breastfeed exclusively, I feel blessed to have been able to do it all.
    There is a lack of information out there, and I hate that I wasn’t prepared when my daughter was born. I will be for Baby #2 though, nothing will stop me!

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