
If you’re a formula feeding mama by choice, maybe you won’t understand this… But my choice was to breastfeed her exclusively. I was against formula completely, I didn’t want to put her on it, I wanted her to have my breastmilk that my body had made specifically for her. I was proud of breastfeeding and there was never a doubt in my mind that I would breastfeed her for as long as I could. Until I couldn’t. The choice was taken away from me.
Oh wow, this made me quite emotional! We were so lucky that my eldest had his tongue tie diagnosed at birth and snipped 3 weeks later. I was determined to exclusively breastfeed for the same reasons as you, and I faced so much opposition from healthcare professionals and family as my son’s weight dropped. He was also seriously jaundiced and as he wasn’t getting enough milk to flush it through quicker, I was advised to top him up with formula. Plus an enzyme in breast milk counteracted the jaundice recovery…! I felt so much guilt – how could something so beautiful and so natural be harming my baby? What was I doing? But I perserveved and after his tongue tie snip (double in the end), we breastfed for 2 years and 3 months. I can honestly say this is one of my proudest achievements! #itsOK
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Neither of my girls were able to breastfeed either and I still feel guilty about it. #itsok
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I can really relate to this as it seems very similar to my experience with my little boy's tongue tie, it was so tough. Thank you for linking up to the #itsok linky xx
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Wow that's incredible! I'm so pleased that your breastfeeding journey worked out for you 🙂
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It's silly really to feel guilty about it but I know I'll feel guilty as long as I live! Thanks for commenting
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It was honestly the worst day of my life when we had it snipped, and the weeks leading up to it were so hard on me with the pressure to express as much milk as possible! Thank you for commenting
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