Comments on: Breastfeeding https://researchparent.com/baby/breastfeeding/ Educational Learning Materials for Parents and Teachers Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Research Parent https://researchparent.com/baby/breastfeeding/#comment-1183 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:08:43 +0000 https://researchparent.com/?page_id=2049#comment-1183 In reply to Mandy.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and sharing your story. I think it’s so important that mothers be upfront about the difficulties they’ve had to future mothers. I feel like more women might choose to breastfeed if they were psychologically prepared to handle the pain at the beginning and knew that it was common. I know not everyone experiences discomfort, but so many more women do than one would imagine without asking. I would never look down on anybody for choosing to bottle feed. Sometimes I can’t believe I made it through either.

]]> By: Mandy https://researchparent.com/baby/breastfeeding/#comment-1182 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:16:07 +0000 https://researchparent.com/?page_id=2049#comment-1182 Michelle! Oh my…this spoke to me SO much! I am not sure why and HOW but I had the most excruciating pain with breastfeeding when I had my 4TH! I’ve always heard it gets easier, less painful, (fill in the blank) as you have more children. SOOOO not the case for me. I was literally shaking each time I latched her on. This lasted for about 6 weeks. It was awful. To the point of…If at anytime I decided to quit, nobody would’ve given me any lip about it. It was awful. I had baby’s mouth inspected by her Pediatrician in case there was some sort of “tied tongue” issue, etc. I used organic, ($30 for the tiniest bottle of ointment) after every feeding. Wow…the fact that I survived that time and continued to BF through it, still amazes me. You know what…here we are today, she’s 11 months old and we are still going strong with breastfeeding. I am proud that I stuck it out and so happy for baby too. Not only for the nutritional benefits and convenience of breastfeeding but also for the bonding time that her and I have had. I absolutely LOVE your sweet words at the very end of your post. You really touched my heart.

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