Comments on: Breastfeeding Q&A

By: Emily Gemma

Emily Gemma — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:26:06 +0000

In reply to Loren. yes!! They asked for permission!

By: Loren

Loren — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:51:00 +0000

Hi! Did you know this photo (of you in your kitchen) is being used my frigidaire. I was on pinterest searching kitchen inspo and after looking close i thought i recognized you. just wanted to let you know bc i remember this photo being used for your breastfeeding post….

By: jodi

jodi — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:38:47 +0000

I dont have kiddos to breastfeed, but Likes face is so precious! I love his personality. Blessed family for sure XO

By: Scarlett Harlage

Scarlett Harlage — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 01:36:18 +0000

Super mom!

By: Hannah Davidson

Hannah Davidson — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 01:25:48 +0000

I Am still breaStfeeding and have been supplementing too So all the feElings you expressed i get so much. Breastfeeding is so natural but doesnt come natural at allll! HaHa. I thought i was supposed to have freezers full of milk based on what i saw on social media. You are a hard working mama anD your Babies are fed and haPpy. Doing awesome!

By: Chevon

Chevon — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 19:42:21 +0000

Thank you for sharing your experience. I think there still isnt enough information out there to help women be informed about breastfeedIng. Its supply and demand for sure, and allergy medicine is Known for dryIng women up. More often than anything its not that women’s boDies cant produce milk. But as a society women are busy working And unable to dedicate the time to latch baby often which is key.

By: lillie

lillie — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:46:08 +0000

In reply to Michelle M.

hi michelle,

you are totally right. if you read my comment above, i struggled and there was a lot of judgment on this topic when i had my first born. it was not a great experience for me…and just thinking and remember those moments does get me down at times…

i hope you don’t have to go through with that once you become a mom…

By: Michelle M

Michelle M — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:42:44 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story. I’m not a mother just yet, but this topic already causes me anxiety! When I was a baby, my mom couldn’t breastfeed me, or my sister, at all. It didn’t work for her, a single time. She’s always telling me that nothing bad come of it at all, but there was a lot of judgment, especially back then, that there was something “wrong” with her. I know times have changed, but I still see people being so judgmental and horrible online, like a woman is a failure as a mother if she can’t breastfeed. It’s wonderful to hear your story and make me feel less anxious, that it’s normal and acceptable if women can’t. I think that’s just as important a message as the support for BF.

By: lillie larose

lillie larose — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:29:52 +0000

wow, reading this made me so emotional and just brought back so many memories of when i was so adament on breastfeeding my 1st born. it was such a struggle just like you had with luke. he never latched on properly but yet was very aggressive with my breast and he was so hungry i just never had enough milk supply at all. and i tried everything my mil said to try…the fenugreek, eating more etc etc…it was super heart-breaking that i couldn’t supply enough and it reached a point where my nipple (tmi sorry lol) was bleeding bc he was so hungry and stuff. so i had to obviously stop.

but what was hurtful was that my mil would say u are not eating enough and u need to eat more to get more milk supply. like that was no the case at all….every women’s body is different, i ate and i still didnt get enough. doesn’t matter what i did…she just kept saying the samething to me over n’ over and that hurt so much…my body was just one of those that didnt supply enough and i’m sure many others just like yourself dont either and other women they can supply enough. i wanted to tell my mil that it just wasn’t possible but i kept my mouth shut…it was a terrible time for me and very hard being a first time mom esp with the breastfeeding issue.

then when i had my 2nd baby..he latched on great and a had little bit more supply, but he was bigger baby and i’m a petite women lol so i knew he needed more so i supplemented right away and i didnt care at that point what anyone said bc i brought my self down so much the 1st time around that i wasn’t happy when i should have enjoyed being a mom the 1st time around. so i did what i wanted….

i’m so glad i was never alone in this and other women can relate esp you emily, bc i read ur posts and follow you everyday…and u are so inspiring as a mother and person overall…thank you so so much for this post!