tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post9149325682312451524..comments2024-03-03T12:52:18.548-05:00Comments on Magpie Musing: Nursing, at the beginningMagpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-24781106945361042722007-04-20T10:58:00.000-04:002007-04-20T10:58:00.000-04:00I still talk to my LC who came to my house a week ...I still talk to my LC who came to my house a week or so post-partum--to pass along pumping and supply info that I know she passes along to other moms. It's so important to have good help, but hard to find. <BR/><BR/>I didn't pump enough in the hospital, either. It's a hard and confusing time.<BR/><BR/>I just tried to get my eight-month-old to nurse. She LAUGHED at my nipple! Well, that's better than crying. Anyway I'm so happy you got the nursing to work out after all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-48474357525618942512007-04-19T10:23:00.000-04:002007-04-19T10:23:00.000-04:00I know that relief you felt. When it's hard it's v...I know that relief you felt. When it's hard it's very hard, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>Congratulations of getting the support you needed. So many just give up but with good support it often ends up working really well.mamaloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008463722100685824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-61085707724756873452007-04-18T22:25:00.000-04:002007-04-18T22:25:00.000-04:00I am so impressed by you. Those first few days an...I am so impressed by you. Those first few days and months are so exhausting, so overwhelming. You have incredible strength! I was lucky both times and had no issues with nursing at all, and even so, the newborn experience was traumatic and mind boggling. I can't imagine dealing with that, and surgery, and breastfeeding struggles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-81264874648477007512007-04-18T18:41:00.000-04:002007-04-18T18:41:00.000-04:00Ah, that's just awful. And I agree that it's so i...Ah, that's just awful. And I agree that it's so important to challenge the narrative that suggests breastfeeding is easy at the beginning! The more we get the story out there that This Might Really Suck (ahem) for the first month or two, the more women might be able to endure the initial awfulness and get to the place where breastfeeding is actually more convenient than anything else. (Speaking as someone whose milk did not come in for a WEEK after my son's birth. Which is why I ended up in the ER a week postpartum with mastitis and nipples so scabbed over that none of my brand-new milk could come out. Good times.)<BR/><BR/>Niobe: wet nurses.Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-50180167171170749892007-04-18T18:24:00.000-04:002007-04-18T18:24:00.000-04:00I'm so impressed by your determination to breastfe...I'm so impressed by your determination to breastfeed, despite the many obstacles and bumps in the road. You really did everything possible to make it succeed and you must have been amazingly happy and relieved when it all finally came together. <BR/><BR/>But it does make me wonder how the human race ever survived pre-lactation consultants, <BR/>pre-supplementation, and even pre-New York.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-39918137637192687852007-04-18T17:07:00.000-04:002007-04-18T17:07:00.000-04:00Wow. That must have been so hard for you. Thank yo...Wow. That must have been so hard for you. Thank you for writing about your experience, because so many women think that breastfeeding is EASY, and then they get discouraged right away when it isn't easy at all. Its important to hear stories like yours - even though you must have been beside yourself during this ordeal, you didn't give up. Cudos to you!Liesel Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054107405202186466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-57452702148757364902007-04-18T15:14:00.000-04:002007-04-18T15:14:00.000-04:00You Are My New Breastfeeding Hero.You Are My New Breastfeeding Hero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com