Breastfeeding Stories

First time Breastfeeder troubles  I have recently given birth to my third child. I did not breastfeed the first two and decided to go strong with this one and breastfeed. I had a pretty ...

First Time Mom  I'm a first time mom, due in February of 2012. So far, deciding that I want to breastfeed has been one of the easiest decisions I've made. The problem ...

First Time Mommy  Hi I am currently pregnant with my first baby! She is due on November 16. We are all super excited. I honestly dont have a breastfeeding story but do plan ...

Encouraging Breast Feeding  I'm a first time mom to a little boy, now 8 months old. He was born 3 weeks early, and only 6 lb 8 oz, and 21 inches long. We had to stay in hospital for ...

Breastfeeding my preemie  When I was 31 weeks pregnant I developed HELLP Syndrome with my already preeclampsia. My liver and kidney functions were starting to drastically decline....

Unrealistic breastfeeding expectations  Breastfeeding has always been portrayed as the most natural instinct of a mother. All movies and advertisements will have us believe that the moment a ...

my twins  im going to be having twins on sept 17, 2011. this is my first time being a parent im so scarred. but i want my babies to know that i love them equally....

17 Weeks Premature  At around 20 weeks of pregnancy they discovered that I had an abrupted placenta. After 3 weeks of trying to slow down labor the head doctor decided that ...

Daddy drinks milk?  This was my first child and we had lots of love to give him. I had just finished nursing my son and my husband decided to play with his little boy....but ...

Breastfeeding a Premie  My daughter was born at 33 weeks gestation and I really wanted to try breastfeeding desperately even though she was in the NICU. I wasn't able to breastfeed ...

Squirting Milk  I've nursed all 4 of my kids from birth to between 8 and 14 months. I'm currently nursing my 2 month old. When we were preparing for the baby to arrive,...

Milky Grins  I have always believed that breastfeeding is the best choice, it is the most natural form of food for babies & has been done since the beginning of time....

Milk Duds  In the late 70's I had a problem with my milk glands stopping up and becoming infected. I had to have them lanced. A procedure where the doctor inserted ...

4 month and going strong!  With my first baby it didnt go so well she would not latch on so I just gave up, but one and a half years later when I found out I was pregnant I knew ...

First Family Outing  My husband and I thought it would be a good idea to go to the drive in movies a few weeks after my daughter was born. Being shy about and struggling (only ...

More bf education for docs & nurses  I am now a mom of 7. I just gave birth to twins two weeks ago. I breastfed all my children and currently breastfeeding my twins but not without my usual ...

Third Times A Charm in breastfeeding  so i just had my third lil baby girl two weeks ago!!!! i never breastfed any of my kids do to the inversion of both nipples and the fact that i have such ...

When my baby is hungry!   My daughter Alaina goes go school with me and stays in the daycare while I do my work. The first day of school i took her into the daycare and when she'...

The baby eats what I eat  I was nursing my second child, my little boy, and my 3 year old daughter starts asking questions. Adam was about 3 weeks old and Noma had been watching ...

Mother of Three  I had my first daughter at a young age but I was determined to give her the best I could in every way including food. So I decided to breastfeed, although ...

Determined to Breastfeed  Before I was discharged from the hospital, my breasts were so engorged that I didn't even feel comfortable enough to take pictures -- I looked like I had ...

Mothers milk tea helps  As of October 8th of this year,I have taken on a full-time duty of nourishing my baby boy, DJ. He was a little over 9 lbs and I wanted to make sure he ...

Dr Trauma  well I was taking my little girl in for her check up and just as soon as i went to leave one of the nurses kept staring at my shirt so i decided i would ...

Try, try, and try again  When my daughter was born, she was perfect in every way (of course, the statement could be a little biased from a mom's point of view). Beautiful, rarely ...

Plans change. 
In a health class during high school I said I wanted to adopt children. I had no desire what so ever to have a child of my own making. So when at age ...

Forever  After 2 weeks of a cold, and nonstop crying, I felt as though i was at my wits end. Being a teenage mother I still felt prepared for motherhood. I wanted ...

Theres a 1st time for everything  When I learned I was pregnant with my first child at 22 I went through all the emotions you could think of. I was scared, apprehensive, excited and full ...

Special moments  Almost three years ago, I started breastfeeding my son. It was the day he was born. At first, I'll admit, it was scary and painful, but I was not about ...

Breastfeeding in Church  We had taken our 2 week old, Eli, to church for the first time a few days ago. I very cautiously worked our nursing schedule around the service time so ...

Breastfeeding is a benefit to all parties involved.  I would like to share my story of breastfeeding my first baby. I breastfed him for 11 months. My milk ran out by that time. A couple months later ...

EeeeeW! What are you doing?  My Best friend moved back into town and she brought my God daughter. When they came to the house to visit, she started to breastfeed her. At the time I ...

Mommy Makes Baby juice!! 
First off, I am a mother of 6 year old twin girls and a 3 week old girl, so my life is always eventful and funny.... When i found out i was having my ...

Third times a charm?  I found out at 37 years old I was pregnant with my third child! Totally unexpected and not planned. It took 2 years on clomid and calculated ovulations ...

NOT AGAIN.  WHEN I HAD KATIE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I WAS DECIDED TO BREASTFEED BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES DID NOT LET ME, MY NIPPLES WERE SMALL AND SHE DID NOT LATCH.....IT ...

I can't wait tobreasfeed my little bundle of joy  I am in my second trimester of my pregnancy. My breasts tend to hurt a lot already. I am almost frightened by the thought of them getting bigger. But ...

so worth the struggles  I'm a mother of three wonderful little beings. I chose to breastfeed all three. My first I didn't ask for help thinking how hard could it be, and regret ...

Twins Change Everything  I was a young mother to begin with, at age 19, unmarried, and living with my boyfriend at his mothers house. I discovered I was pregnant and then a few ...

Breastfeeding Jackson   I guess I will start by saying I had a terrible time breastfeeding my first son Jeremiah. He had acid reflux and was a serious projectile vomit-er, he ...

daughter of a nursing mommy  I have a 3 year old daughter and a 3 month old son.Well every time she hears him fuss she goes mommy bubba wants yours boobs. How does he get milk out ...

Motherhood  I breastfed my two children my first born was my son, and i had plan to only brestfeed for about 12 mos and it was hard to wean him so that turned into ...

Breastfeeding Issues  My entire life I have believed that breastfeeding is the only way to go. As a nurse the benefits were taught in school and as the child of self-proclaimed ...

Second Baby, First Try At Breastfeeding.  I had thought about breastfeeding with my first child and I think I would have, had I had a little more support. Now, I'm pregnant with my second child ...

Harder then expected.  I decided before my daughter was born to breastfeed her. Of course many things don't go as planned and my daughter had a really traumatic birth and ended ...

Trying Breastfeeding Again  I am now due with my third baby. We were young when I had our daughter and no one ever educated me on breastfeeding so I bottle fed her. Then 2 years later ...

My Experience Breast Feeding  My Daughter Is Only A Month And A Half Old And Its The Best Thing Ive Ever Done For Her We Bond More Than Bottle Fed Babies And Its So Much More Healthy ...

Knock before entering  I was getting ready start breast feeding for the first time. I was laying in my bed in the room with the door opened a little. The baby started nursing ...

Commited: For Baby and Me  I knew when I found out I was pregnant that when he was born I wanted to breastfeed. Being from a medical background, I fully understood the benefits ...

Don't give up!  I found out i was pregnant when i was 18, at first i thought i wasn't going to breastfeed, i thought it would be embarrassing and frowned upon feeding ...

Peeling Nipples  Hello People! I am 6 months pregnant and I just started to have dry itching skin in the areola part of my breast! I was like "What the heck is this?" I ...

3rd Time is the Charm  We just found out that we are expecting our third kiddo! We are overjoyed! But one of the first things that have come up in just the first few days of ...

First Time for Everything  I had my first child at the age of 18. I was still in highschool, and didn't have a clue about raising a newborn...let alone breastfeeding. At first ...

Feeding Frenzy  I was out shopping with my cousins & Aubri woke up from her nap & was hungry, so I had to sit in the car so I could feed her. I hadn't noticed that I was ...

Tata Redemption  I always had large breasts. At 7 or 8 years old I got my first bra. It was a 'B' and too small. I continued with bras far too small for me for another ...

Renewed hope from a stranger  I had Brooklin in early June. I had tried to breastfeed my older two children and did not succeed the way I wanted to. I made up my mind this time I was ...

breastfeeding commitment  I had decided to breastfeed my kids even before I became pregnant. I take it very seriously because I know it is the best thing to offer my child. I have ...

Don't buy a cheap breastpump  Becoming a mother was not something that I had ever planned on doing. Doctors had told me for multiple years that I was able to have children so it came ...

Ready or not.  I have successfully breastfed 3 children and am currently breastfeeding my 4th....With my 1st child, I was young and undereducated so I,at the insistence ...

Motherhood  I have nursed both of my daughters. I had them 1/2 years apart. With my first daughter I thought nursing would be easy. I was proved wrong. I nursed her ...

Our breastfeeding adventures :)  I've been Breastfeeding my daughter for almost 4 months now and its not as easy as it looks..between the sore nipples and the cracks and everything else ...

My Nursing Joys  On August 31, 2009 I had my healthy, beautiful son Aidan. I knew before I even found out I was pregnant that I was going to breastfeed. So the disappointment ...

Breastfeeding was so emotional  I was so excited when I found out I was pregnant. I wanted to do everything naturally. Like the way it's been for centuries. After giving birth right away ...

So glad I gave breastfeeding a try  When I was pregnant with my son, people always asked me if I was going to breastfeed. I always answered, "If it works out for us," because breastfeeding ...

BREASTFEEDING CREATES THE BEST BOND BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD   I am an Indian born in India brought up in a country other than my motherland but was married in India. I had endless joy when I found out I was pregnant ...

Reduced supply  I was always told that breastmilk is the best form of nutrition for a baby (it is also cheaper!). That is why when my daughter was born I made sure I ...

Don't quit - get help  I had a bit of trouble breastfeeding my first child. She, also, was prematured and had trouble feeding at birth so I already knew breasfeeding was not ...

hard time breastfeeding  I am expecting my 3rd child in Sept. 2011 and with my first child I was very determined to breastfeed but when I was in the hospital the nurses didn't ...

Pump It Up  My first time trying to use a breast pump I thought that I did everything right. I made sure I had a nice comfy chair. I cleaned and washed the pump ...

My Makaiden  makaiden is my third child and I tried nursing my daughters and i had trouble with both, mackenzie had potty problems along with acid reflex at 3 weeks ...

Not so lucky  Ok so I had my son Jayden on May 21st 2011! My water had broke when I was at work 15 hours later they finally gave me an epidural and pitocin to jump start ...

breastfeeding multiples  hello fellow breast feeders. i had quadruplets that i breastfeed for the first year.if you are second guessing the choice to breastfeed. do not go to formula ...

Bonding, Love, Happiness  I chose to breastfeed my daughter, Derronica, because while in the hospital the nurses were educating me on all the benefits she would get out of it. I ...

the 3 musketers  Where to start, i went to do the groceries and found out that my mom wanted to buy a few things (quite a few), well i have 3 boys, 1 toddler, and 2 babies ...

Sucking and squirting   When my baby was born, in the womb he started sucking with his tongue on the roof of his mouth. During my 3 day hospital stay, lactation specialists were ...

why I will nurse  I will nurse my 2nd daughter because I was not able to nurse my first. We had moved nearly 6 hrs away, I had no help and the hospital had no lactation ...

They said it couldnt be done  Nathaniel was born early. IUGR (intrauterine growth retardation)...not the would a expecting Mom wants to hear. "Baby has not put on weight or grown in ...

The Itsy Bitsy Biter  My daughter was about five months old, and we are out eating at one of our favorite mexican food resturants. I am doing my usual, eating one handed, nursing ...

Second times a charm,I hope  After 4 years of trying, my husband and I got pregnant. I was looking forward to bringing our little angel to the world. I wanted to provide her with all ...

Who would have known!!  I have 3 children and am pregnant with my 4th child. With my first 2 I always say I was young and dumb. I didnt realize the importance of breastfeeding ...

Peytons Story  I grew very large with Peyton. He is not my first baby, he is my 3rd little boy but I was so excited to see him. I had a really hard pregnancy with him ...

Breastfeeding does not last forever  Nursing with my first child was tough. By the time he was 8 mo. old I was pregnant with my second, but I saw it through and weaned him when he was 12 ...

I'll Give It A Try  I chose not to nurse my first child. There were too many sexual aspects of the breast and the very notion of breastfeeding grossed me out. I realize now ...

The fountain of Milk  Around the 4 month mark my daughter started getting really distracted while she was nursing. She would constantly pull off and look around like a bee ...

Boys that try to nurse  I have 3 boys. After the birth of my second child I wondered what my son was doing when he lifted up his shirt, and put his chest toward his brother's ...

Little Stinker  My son is a little stinker, but I love him to death. Every time my 4 month old son is nursing he always needs to stop, look at up at me, & throw me a ...

Trying again  I have my first daughter in november of 2005 and I was only 15 years old. I really wanted to prove to everyone I could be a great mother despite my age....

Milk for a crowd  It seems I have an overabundance of milk when I am nursing! I have two children, and both times I breastfed for 4 months each. I had to change pads one ...

I can't wait to nurse again  I am expecting my second child this summer, and I cannot wait to nurse him! It was the most amazing experience to nurse my now 5 year old daughter and ...

Breast milk is the best remedy  I had my first baby and decided long ago to nurse exclusively. I knew all the great health benefits of it from the blogs, internet and my doctor. When ...

Why I chose to Breastfeed my second child  I decided to breastfeed my second child because my first child is allergic to milk. He became really sick and lost a whole lot of weight before we found ...

Breastfeeding in a Car Wash  My daughter is now 3 years old and we just know the reason we have been so fortunate in her only having a couple of minor sicknesses is due to my breastfeeding ...

The nickname for breastfeeding  I have a 12 yr old(Jared) and a 2 month old(Caden). There are parts of having two children far apart that crack me up. Things that only an older child ...

Breastmilk Koolaid  Today when I was pumping my breasts, a greenish colored liquid began coming out.
As I observed it, it looked just like the lime coolaid I have been addicted ...

Give Breastfeeding a try  I had my first child back in 1996, which seems like an entire lifetime ago! I did not breastfeed back then because I was very young and unsure of myself ...

Why I Choose Breastfeeding   I bottle fed my first son and went back to work 8 days after he was born. My 3 daughters I breastfed. And am having another in one week! I have to say ...

A toddler's take on breastfeeding  I am not the type of person to be concerned with privacy. My theory is if I am in my house, it is your problem what you see. When my youngest daughter ...

Breast feeding in parking lots  My story is about nursing in the car in the parking lot of a store,I was shopping with my husband at walmart my daughter awoke and was hungry, so i went ...

Why I want to breastfeed  I have tried to get pregnant for nine years. After five miscarriages I am finally pregnant with a viable pregnancy. I am due July 5th 2011 which happens ...

Mommy Time  Since a child I can always remember my Mom breastfeeding my siblings. I have pictures of me sitting next to my Mom "feeding" my dolls right along with ...

Learning to Breast Feed   Learning to breastfeed From the Person That I Least Expected it From.

I had just given birth to my first baby, and everything around me was so hectic....

waiting to be a mama  I have been waiting 33 years to become a mama. I have now found the most amazing partner and we will be having a baby next year. I am so giddy sometimes ...

Yikes...the twins  I want to breastfeed, I always have. When we found out we were having twins I got a little nervous...I mean, two babies to feed!?! There are just so ...

Couldn't Do It. Or So I Thought!  Ouch! Breastfeeding hurting you? I thought I was going to die, it hurt so bad. The best advice I got was my friend who was about two months ahead of ...

Breast feeding is for me!  Im 30 years old and having my first child. At first I was kind of scared of the idea of breast feeding. I tried to research it and there's so many moms ...

My pulpit for breastfeeding  I have 3 children and am pregnant with my 4th. I have only breastfed in the past and will only breastfeed my coming baby. Mothers milk is the natural ...

Can they get any bigger?  I always knew that I would breastfeed. I read all the books telling the do's and don'ts. One being to get as the areola in the babies mouth to insure proper ...

My first funny  Ok here's a funny story for you about breastfeeding..... When my daughter was 4 months old my family took us to disney world. and i was doing breastfeeding ...

Breastfeeding Doctor said to Quit  My daughter's pediatrician told me to quit breastfeeding our one month old because she wasn't gaining weight fast enough and then to come back in a month ...

To breastfeed or not??  I am a young, FTM and I didnt know whether I wanted to breastfeed or not, so i asked around and did some research. To me breasts were more of a "toy" than ...

"Out of the mouths of babes"  When I started to breastfeed my newborn baby girl, my 3 year old was quite perplexed. Even though we had explained to him many times that is how his new ...

Breastfeeding a premature baby  My daughter was born 7 weeks early. I was not sure if I would be able to breastfeed my daughter. I had to start by pumping to get my milk in. I insisted ...

breast leaking  I was at home playing with squirt guns with my 4 year old daughter when baby got hungry so i went in and fed baby when i came out i was reading a book ...

The Natural Way  I always knew that I wanted to breastfeed my child. It is the most natural and healthy way to feed a baby. It surprises me that not every mom breastfeeds....

My Jitterbug  I am a 29 year old mother of one and one on the way. My son, Gabriel, is 8 years old now and was breastfed until he was 19 months old. Gabriel learned ...

Don't give up!  I had my oldest son on 1/26/03, and I knew from the beginning that I was going to attempt breastfeeding. When I was an infant, most parents were bottle-...

Breastfeeding and bonding  I plan to breastfeed my son because I believe it will make us closer. It will be something only I can do for him. That is a bond I cannot wait to experience!...

Behold the power of milk  I was nursing my youngest daughter, Aria, while also hosting a playdate for my older daughter and two of her friends. Things were great, then...a sudden ...

Breastfeeding: A painful experience for baby and I.  My daughter was born late march 2010 with pneumonia and had to stay in the newborn special unit for seven days to recieve her antibiotics. On the fourth ...

Nursing In Public  I have been breastfeeding my one and only son. I was able to start when he was about a month old. (due to problems with his prematurity) He is now almost ...

Try and try again.  My story starts with my 2nd child. I didn't want to breastfeed my 1st daughter because I thought it's gross, no one told me, you name it, I fought it. After ...

Becoming a mother  Here is another story I thought you might like:

Twelve days had passed since the birth of my daughter. And on November 29, 2000 I hit a wall. Exhausted ...

Finding Breastfeeding Success After a Reduction  As a teen in 1992, I had my first child in a hospital in Pennsylvania. The RN assigned to help me with breastfeeding was a young man, about 25 years old....