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[quote=Anonymous]I very much wanted to breastfeed. However, it didn't work out in my case. Both my kids had pronounced lip ties, which prevented a successful latch, and made breastfeeding a painful struggle for both of us. I also had a bout of mastitis that landed me in the ER with my first, 4 days postpartum, and didn't get a pump in the ER (apparently, the doc doing the rounds was supposed to have brought me a pump in my room, but she forgot, and DH and I were so sleep-deprived we didn't think to remind her!). I also got mastitis with my second, but I knew the signs and was able to request a prescription for antibiotics which cleared up the infection promptly. The lip ties weren't picked up until their first dental appointment, around 18 months; neither the kids' pediatrician nor lactation consultant noticed them in their infant checkups. The whole experience was so physically and emotionally draining that, if I ever have a third, I will seriously consider going straight to formula. I don't relish going through this again, ever.

In those first few months, we simply had to supplement with formula, as I didn't have the support available to exclusively pump. *Maybe* if I'd stayed on the pump all day, I could've made it work... but that wasn't sustainable in our situation.

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