Welcome to Breastfeeding Place's World Breastfeeding Week Photo Contest! World Breastfeeding Week runs from August 1-7 this year, and we want your help to celebrate all families who have gone through the joys and struggles to attain their breastfeeding victories! To celebrate, during World Breastfeeding Week, we will be sharing breastfeeding victories from mamas and daddies and babies all over the world. So, we want you to share your victories and your photos in our Breastfeeding Victories Photo Contest! Each day this week, we will be announcing a new category in our World Breastfeeding Week Photo Contest. To enter, simply use the form to … [Read more...]
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Our Breast Advice: Breastfeeding seems too sexual to me, how can I get over it?
Breastfeeding Question: "I am 32 weeks pregnant and have fully decided not to breastfeed. My husband is beginning to really push for it. I have no desire to breastfeed. It seems uncomfortable and awkward for myself. I cannot imagine a child sucking on my breast to be a positive experience. To me, it just seems so sexual. I do not know how I would ever enjoy doing this for my baby. Any advice?" Answers: Jennifer says... It is definitely difficult to comprehend what the breastfeeding experience will look like. It is different from woman to woman and even from child to child. Some women enjoy it, others struggle through, while others … [Read more...]
Tales of a Booby Monster: The Unglamorous Truth About Breastfeeding
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I remember when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. I was scared and nervous. At the time, I was planning my wedding. Quickly, I went from reading The Knot magazines to What to Expect When You Are Expecting books. I planned. And I don’t mean I just sat down and thought, “I am going to have a natural birth, it will be beautiful, and I will breastfeed, and it will be glorious.” I mean, I sat down, wrote lists, weighed options—and I planned. I am pretty sure I had a list and a plan for every little detail of my pregnancy, birth, and hospital stay. My plans even included what books I was going to bring to read while I was … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Problems: My Happy Ending (Part 3 of 3)
(Go back to Part 1 and Part 2) My new little guy is 4 weeks old today and our breastfeeding journey has had several challenges of it’s own. After his delivery, I was trembling and somewhat incoherent. We later found out this was possibly because I have postpartum preeclampsia. When I was finally taken to my room and my new son was brought to me, I felt like we already had a lot of catching up to do. I tried to get him to latch on, but it just wasn’t happening. New Breastfeeding Problems I proceeded to give him a bottle and he seemed to choke on it. I called the nurse and he was quickly taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding in Public: Tips you need to hide your nips
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I had planned on breastfeeding from the minute I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. I don’t know why I was so excited to do it, but I was. I read up on it and when she was born at the hospital, I talked to the lactation consultant every day. I wanted to be good. I also wanted to be able to nurse in public (NIP). I told my husband that I would do it and “forget anyone that would side eye me!” Then, one blissful Saturday afternoon, we were at Target walking around buying baby gear, and my little newborn baby started crying. She was hungry. I panicked. I started to breathe heavily and broke out in a sweat. What was I supposed to … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Problems: Try and Try Again (Part 2 of 3)
(Go back to Part 1) 5 years later, my husband and I were overjoyed, although still very surprised at the news that we would be having another child. When my second daughter was born, I still had a deep desire to breastfeed. I wasn’t as hell bent on it happening this time, but I still really, really wanted to. When she was born, I had her latch on for a little while and then had my husband feed her a bottle. I again had one of those horrid sounding blue pumps. I used it for only 2 weeks before I threw in the towel. Again there were tears, but not nearly as many. This go around there seemed to be a bit more judgment against not … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Problems: My Story of Unexpected Surprises (Part 1 of 3)
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I was only 17 the day a doctor told me I had cervical cancer. After hearing the word cancer, I felt my body go a little numb. The doctor continued to talk. I had lost 2 grandparents to cancer. I could feel my heart throbbing, and the doctor continued to talk. I missed most of what he said to me. I felt like I left my body and was on another planet. I just wanted him to shut up. His statistics and treatment plans... no one had ever talked to me about these sort of things. He ended with the information that his suggested method of treatment would leave me unable to have children. Three years later... I was sitting at work after school … [Read more...]
