I do have my heart set on breastfeeding this baby

[Anonymous]

Skilled lactation consultants can catch subtle tongue ties that may hamper your efforts.

I wish I’d supplemented with formula in the early days. My insistence on exclusively breastfeeding exacerbated my PPD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah! And free houses! And free cars!

Do you really think a year’s maternity leave and a supportive partner is comparable to free houses and free cars?

+1. It’s so sad American women feel like a year to be with their baby and a true partner in parenting is a pipe dream.

[Anonymous]

I was very well prepared - classes at the breastfeeding center prior to birth, an LC hired to meet us at the hospital and scheduled home visits, an true partner for a husband who took all his paternity leave and vacation, and my mom here to help with all things.., and it went great for me. My milk came in before I left the hospital and although I was sore at first, breastfeeding my baby was always easy. My only responsibility was feeding the baby and cuddling with her. She was healthy and happy and so was I.

Yeah, it’s not always possible but it does happen! Don’t let the struggle stories scare you, OP. Be prepared (absolutely) and let nature take it’s course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah! And free houses! And free cars!

Do you really think a year’s maternity leave and a supportive partner is comparable to free houses and free cars?

+1. It’s so sad American women feel like a year to be with their baby and a true partner in parenting is a pipe dream.

+2. It’s pathetic, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah! And free houses! And free cars!

Do you really think a year’s maternity leave and a supportive partner is comparable to free houses and free cars?

+1. It’s so sad American women feel like a year to be with their baby and a true partner in parenting is a pipe dream.

+2. It’s pathetic, actually.

+3. The worst is when even other women feel like you’re an entitled Princess to expect those things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah! And free houses! And free cars!

Do you really think a year’s maternity leave and a supportive partner is comparable to free houses and free cars?

+1. It’s so sad American women feel like a year to be with their baby and a true partner in parenting is a pipe dream.

+2. It’s pathetic, actually.

+4.

+3. The worst is when even other women feel like you’re an entitled Princess to expect those things.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately there is a lot out of your control. For some moms, breastfeeding is easy and natural and lots of preparation is totally unnecessary. For others, all the preparation in the world won’t make their bodies make enough milk. The reason why so many women get defensive on threads like this is the implication that if only they had prepared enough, or tried hard enough, they would have been able to breastfeed successfully. For lots of women that’s just not the case.

That being said, my best advice is to learn how to hand express in the first few days. I found hand expressing so much easier than setting up a breast pump and then washing it, and you can do it while holding a sleeping baby. If you need to express extra milk to help establish your supply, just hand express for a few minutes after each feed.

[Anonymous]

And free food! And free clothes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And free food! And free clothes!

And you’re still just embarrassing yourself, PP.