I needed this laugh this morning! Breastfeeding post.

notacleverusername · July 2014

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bunmi-laditan/how-to-breastfeed-appropriately_b_5530806.html

Preemptively I'm posting this for when we need it in a few months

So so funny! I want to print this out and just keep copies with me everywhere I go with this new baby.

This silly blog article inspires me to try and be brave when my first breastfeeding in public moment happens- I exclusively pumped for a year with my son after many many weeks of not being able to latch correctly or without losing a nipple in the process- so I never had to get comfortable breastfeeding in public. I literally pumped gallons of milk and bottles when we were out, even when we traveled to other countries with him and road trips I was a pumping fool. Which is inconvenient but easier to hide in some ways. It was a miserable time though ha- so time consuming there's no way I could manage that now with a toddler and a newborn, so this time I am determined to breastfeed and with my actual boobs no pump. I'll do anything I can to make it work. I had a LC tell me the shield was basically the devil and I would fail and have low milk supply etc. I saw three LC's total and after 6 weeks I finally just went to pumping. I sort of regret this now and wished I tried longer or done the shield or pumped for a few days to heal and tried again but I didn't know. I was a FTM in a foreign country and super overwhelmed. Okay, so this part of my post is unrelated to this blog post which is freaking hilarious and brilliant.

I don't know if you girls follow Honest Toddler on facebook or IG but if not, you should look it up. The author who wrote this also runs that site, it has provided me endless amusement with a toddler of my own. We'll all have tiny new babies soon, but before we know they turn into maniac two year olds who make you want to pull your hair out somedays. True story.

MC03 · July 2014

That's hilarious!

Also - unrelated to the article, but more your comments about breastfeeding, I used a shield for the first 3 1/2 months of breastfeeding, due to flat nipples. It was a pain in the ass and I did have low supply, but it allowed me to keep breastfeeding and that was more important. (Also I believe my low supply was more related to a medication I had to take at the time). I pumped after every feeding for about 2 months and then my supply started to catch up. I was afraid we would never wean off the shield but that ended up being pretty easy too - one day I sat down to nurse her but forgot to grab the shield, so DH went to get it. Well DD was impatient and to my surprise just latched on and nursed like a champ. We never used it again. I nursed for 14 months.

So just wanted to give you my success story and tell you good luck and I really hope you can have the breastfeeding experience you want this time around. Shields aren't ideal, but they certainly aren't the devil.