Thanks to the support of this board I have made it to 6 months EBF today!!!! (although we are now going to start my son on solid foods as well and I am actually feeling pretty sad about that....but that is another post all together...lolol)So- if you are a new mom reading who is having problems with BF'ing--just know.... YOU CAN DO IT!!!! I had mastitis and every problem under the book within my son's first two weeks of life-- feel free to read my previous posts and you will see what a difficult time I had (and how much anxiety I had!!!) (oh wait-- you can see from my posts that I STILL have a great deal of anxiety...but about other things now....LOLOLOL).
My point is that you can do this if you want to, and there is always hope. I thought my milk supply was gone forever after my bout with mastitis right after my milk came in-- but it can come back with a lot of milk, sweat, and tears! My son went from losing weight and going down to 6lbs 9oz (from 7lbs 4oz at bith)-- and now he is over 18 lbs all from BM.
So-- don't give up---come here and ask for support!!! It helped me to EBF my son like I had always wanted to do!!!! And I am proud that we are at the 6 month mark!
Thanks to all who have helped me thus far...and who continue to help me in this wild journey...
