01/08/2022
breastfeeding awareness week. đŒour story is special, and Iâm very proud of it. and us. After your birth, we couldnât get you to latch. By the 2nd day of your life I called my mom crying, cried to Mason and said âI donât think I can do it. I donât think I can breastfeed. Iâm too overwhelmed.â I sadly thought everyone would be disappointed in me, which was so untrue. Trying to get him to latch was giving me extreme anxiety and causing me to dread each time he needed to eat. I cried to the nurse that I was ready to switch to formula. I fed him formula and used my pump to gather a couple of drops of colostrum each feed- which I spoon fed him.
The day after we went home, day 4 I pumped 3-4 oz! My milk had come in! đ€ When I felt the accomplishment and satisfaction of producing milk, I knew I wanted to keep pumping for him. and I no longer needed formula.
So I became an exclusive pumper. This ended up being extremely exhausting. but not as exhausting as it was to try to get him to latch, so I stuck with it. I kept pumping, every couple of hours day & night, hardly slept, and would try to latch him once a day.
We had a couple of remarkable moments where you latched. Like the 3rd picture, taken in a car dealership bathroom. (yâall may remember this moment) but you were always still hungry for a bottle afterwards. my đ didnât satisfy.
You hit 2 months old. You latched again one day and fell asleep. I called my mom & told her âI THINK HE GOT FULL. I THINK WE DID IT!â
& ever since that day weâve lived out our goals. exclusively breastfeeding.
It was something I really wanted for us. and now you make it seem effortless. Iâm so thankful I didnât give up. Weâve had times and still have times we have to supplement with formula. but Through all of the tears, panic attacks, and doubt. We did it. Iâm so proud of our journeyđŒđ«¶đŒ
No matter how you feed your child. No matter your journey. Remember that youâre feeding your child. Donât be hard on yourself. Youâre an amazing mama no matter where the milk comes fromđ€
