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I found a lot of people weren’t encouraging when I \u00a0started breastfeeding.\u00a0It felt like I was doing something wrong.<\/p>\n
Go feed him in the backroom, or even on the toilet floor!<\/em><\/p>\n Feed him for 10 minutes on each side every 4 hours – what your baby is screaming? There must be something wrong with your milk!<\/em><\/p>\n Thing is there is rarely (less than 1 % of the population!) anything wrong with anyone’s milk – in quantity or quality – but I hear it oh so much!<\/p>\n I found certain people were supportive in different ways, and here’s who I’d like to thank:<\/p>\n Some by supporting me and standing by my decisions<\/strong> – like my husband. I couldn’t have done it without him – especially the night times – and not just when they were babies but at the toddler stage he was amazing with helping them to wean at night.<\/p>\n Some by just telling me to get it on with it<\/strong> – as it was natural and normal.<\/strong> To do what I felt was right<\/strong> for me and my child.<\/p>\n Other Breastfeeding mothers<\/strong>\u00a0– who made me feel less of a freak. That is friends and just other mothers who I probably will never meet – those who feed for all manner of lengths of time but decided that they too would try this breastfeeding.<\/p>\n To Non-breastfeeding mothers<\/strong> – for allowing me to have my choice even if it wasn’t yours.<\/p>\n To\u00a0Joe Public<\/strong>\u00a0– thank you for never actually giving me any negative feedback. You might not have decided to breastfeed yourself but you have never stopped me from doing it.<\/p>\n To places<\/strong> like Mothercare providing nursing rooms – for when I wasn’t brave enough to feed anywhere and in front of anyone – I also meet other mothers in there, nursing too.<\/p>\n To God\/biology that made me a woman and have the ability to do this – listening to my body<\/strong> is one of the most encouraging things I could have heard.<\/p>\n Then of course there were the books – telling me the facts and research<\/strong> so that if I felt the need to justify what I was doing I could. And the breastfeeding counsellors. Information<\/strong> is power. If you do decide to stop breastfeeding before you are ready make sure that it is because it is what is best rather or convenient for you\/your child – and not someone else. And actually someone just listening<\/strong> – letting you work it out yourself and maybe steering you in the right direction is a great help.<\/p>\n Then there’s the other mother’s<\/strong>\u00a0(on and offline) – they are amazing. Listening, sharing their experiences and advice.<\/p>\n The staff at the hospital<\/strong> – who ensured I was fed 3 times a day just because I was a breastfeeding mother – even though my son is 2 and half years old now.<\/p>\n To my children<\/strong> – who have been difficult at times (constant feeding, throwing it up as soon as I’ve fed them) but have made this wonderful opportunity possible and am loving that I am one of the few lucky ones to have been able to make it this far. Especially my third son who made Tandem feeding seem so easy.<\/p>\n \n Other Posts of Interest<\/p>\n My breastfeeding journey<\/a><\/p>\n Tandem feeding<\/a><\/p>\n Baby born at 35 weeks helping us to decide not to have more children<\/a>\u00a0(and the fight to breastfeed him).<\/p>\n Check in<\/a><\/p>\n Things I would have done differently<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I found a lot of people weren’t encouraging when I \u00a0started breastfeeding.\u00a0It felt like I was doing something wrong. Go feed him in the backroom, or even on the toilet floor! Feed him for 10 minutes on each side every 4 hours – what your baby is screaming? 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