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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My baby is three weeks old and my "breastfeeding journey" thus far has been so stressful. I've met with a lactation consultant twice and she has me pumping six times a day to increase supply and offering small supplemental bottles of breastmilk after I try to breastfeed. My poor daughter screams while I try to nurse her. I feel so inadequate and whenever I try to look up breastfeeding issues online, I feel worse about myself because the tone of most advice seems so judgmental to anyone who needs to supplement. I have cried over this.

I guess I'm just hoping for some commiseration. I am lonely and feel so bad that I can't provide for my daughter.  [/quote]

First, STOP.  You are providing for your daughter!  She is fed and growing.  She feels your love and is secure.  Being a mother is so much more than mammary glands.

Second, you are early in this journey.  
- I had a terrible time for the first four weeks and supplemented but then it got miraculously easy and I nursed for 15 months.  
- My SIL hated nursing from the first day and pumped for six months and was happier.  
- My BFF had a super easy time and a great supply but had to stop at 4 weeks because of severe anxiety and the absolute need to go on strong medication.  
- My sister adopted her baby and was formula fed from her first bottle.

And we’re all good Mother’s.  [/quote]

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