Quote From: heather175I knew because my breast were engorged and yet nothing came out!!!! Do you not ware breast pads to prevent any leakage? I didn't have to because I did not have any leakage. NOTHING came out! So no I couldn't have even though I really wanted too. The point was is that you shouldn't assume to know everyone's reasons for choosing to bottle or breast feed. Again you assumed to know my reasons and were way off base. If you are able and choose to breast feed then by all means you should. It will benefit you and your child. But if you can't or choose not to breast feed then you and your child can still benefit. I held and bonded with my children during bottle feedings just as if I would have if I were breast feeding. I held them and sang to them just the same. That was a personal choice. Because I do realize that some parents make the choice to bottle feed for the wrong reasons.
So please tell how you can say in one sentence that less then 1% of women can't breast feed end then say in another sentence that "There is probably no reason at all why you couldn't have breastfed. It's hard sometimes... but if you had really wanted to, you could have." Did it ever occur that just maybe I was part of where research has concluded that 1% figure from?
I just wanted you to know that I never leaked, at least not early on. And yet my baby was thriving, and that's how I knew milk was coming out when she nursed. I'm not challenging you at all, but I thought the same thing with my first, panicked, gave him bottles, and that was the beginning of the end of breastfeeding for us. I was able to breastfeed my daughter and never supplement with formula, because by that time I had come into contact with LLL and was better prepared for all the possibilities -- including the fact that I might not know for sure whether she was getting enough. It's not always exactly the way the books tell you it will be.
I'm sorry you wanted to bf so badly and couldn't. I have been there. I know now, since I was able to nurse my daughter, that I could have nursed my son, too, with the right support and information. So many women are getting incorrect information from doctors and books. I would truly encourage you that if you want to try again to contact LLL while you are still pregnant. It made the entire difference for me!
