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PPD and breastfeeding

ksspiffksspiff member
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Today is the day I decided to stop breastfeeding.

I'm curious if other ladies here have made the same decision.

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Re: PPD and breastfeeding

  • dusk42dusk42

    I'm not still BFing, but I did for 10 months while on meds.  It was a priority for my psych and OB to find meds that were compatible.  BFing my DD was the time I felt most connected to her and the most happy.  I think I would have had a much rougher time bonding with her if I didn't BF, even with all the low supply issues I had.  
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  • sinisterkat01sinisterkat01

    Absolutely.

    Don't get me wrong.  I tried through the worst days of my PPD, and for 5 weeks after DD was born, but in the end, I was much more sane without the stresses of BF'ing.  My milk came in while I was in the hospital, but at some point, DD got used to a nipple shield.  We went home, and she would latch, fall asleep, and repeat.  It would take me over 45 minutes to feed her that first week, and then she would end up screaming for more shortly after.  A visit to the LC confirmed that I was only making 1 oz. with 45 minutes to 1 hour of nursing.  My milk supply had started to dwindle after leaving the hospital without me knowledge.  When DD did not gain weight, we started to supplement.  I nursed and pumped along with the formula for four weeks, but as some point, when she was getting 4 times the amount of formula, and I couldn't get her diarrhea under control, I quit.  Originally, I took a break and only pumped.  It was a little test to see if my consumption of dairy products was contributing to her GI problems (her formula was Nutramigen at this time).  3 days without BM, and her GI problems improved massively.  It might have been a coincidence, but I gave myself permission to stop.

    The entire time, I was nothing but frustrated and guilty over my BF'ing experience.  The pumping, the herbs, the long nursing sessions were consuming our lives, and not making them better.  There was like a collective sigh of relief in my household when we started FF'ing exclusively. 

    When I was having PPD, the constant obsession with making milk was doing nothing for my sanity, and my PPD was messing with my milk supply, I'm certain.

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