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Re: Breast Feeding Problems Sorry it's a long 1

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:51:43 -0600 (CST)

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Please don't feel like a failure--Breast feeding has been the hardest thing I've ever done. I feel like a failure, too because I've had a hard time maintaining my milk supply and my baby needs supplemental formula. You did well. I don't have any other answers, but I wanted you to know you're not alone. Amy At Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Lisa wrote: >
>I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Oct 1st, I managed to get the
>hang of Breast Feeding quite quickly, and had no problems. But when my
>milk came in, my breasts became realy engordge and painful, my son could
>no longer latch on at all, which would upset him and me.
>while in hospital I tried everything from expressing to cabbage leaves
>but nothing helped. When I came home I brought some nipple sheilds, on
>a friends recomendation, which heped for a little while. In the end my
>breasts ended up being always engordged, painful and cracked. No matter
>how much I expressed off, it would all be back in about 5minutes.
>My son is now seven weeks old and is being bottle feed, because I
>couldn't handle the pain and the stress of it anymore. Now I feel like
>a failure, and guilty, which I know I shouldn't be feeling..but at the
>end of the day I do feel like that.
>I was woundering if there was anything else I should have tried before
>giving up? And what can I do to help make it a bit easyier next time?
>
>Thanks
>Lisa

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