Aw bless, no wonder you had problems feeding her with a a Grade III Upper Lip Tie and a Type 4 Posterior Tongue Tie indeed !! What’s your experience with the laser revisions ? how is feeding going now ?

Oh gosh you poor thing! no wonder you had trouble! I am so glad that oyu have been able to get it sorted! Such a hard thing to breastfeed! Tv/Movies make it out to be such an easy thing to do.. ITS NOT!

Hi Ladies. As it turns out our baby girl had a Grade III Upper Lip Tie and a Type 4 Posterior Tongue Tie. Both were affecting her ability to feed. She has had them corrected by laser revisions 3 days ago and feeding so much better. Lots of stretching exercises post revision. About 2 weeks and everything should be healed.

Breast is best is what they say. I found having a shower help before feeding and at times massaging around the nipple with two fingers. Good luck trial and error.

At the beginning I had bleeding nipples and the pain was so bad. I got the lanolin cream and paw paw really helped too.
Ask the nurses if you have a good latching technique to make sure thats not affecting breastfeeding. Goodluck and all the best.

I use a nipple shield, it has help me.
I heard many successful breastfeeding mums using them

One word “Comfort” with my first child I ignored this advise as I struggled to feed as I was always on the go. Once in bed I soon understood why its important to sit and feed comfortably, my back was so sore and my chest. Stay comfortable have a glass of water during the feed and relax

Thankyou for your support and suggestions. Much appreciated.

Sore nipples, engorged boobs and leakage were the worst things about breastfeeding. I loved everything else. Once you get the latch on worked out, you’ll be fine, that’s the hardest bit. Then sit back relax and enjoy

Honestly be as relaxed as you can and enjoy this bonding with your baby. It will all fall into place.

I would feed my son on just one breast for one feed then the other next time he had a feed as i was giving him a bit off both breasts but he wasn’t getting the calorie rich milk just the watery thirst quenching milk that comes through first, so he would fill up on it then have some from the other breast then be hungry again really quickly lol it made a lot of difference. I also used to use a glider/rocking chair throughout the night or lay him next to me and breastfeed. I stopped when he was 16 months I just turned 23 when i had him

Good

I believe the figure of 56% by 6 months is in Australia. I will see if I can find the rates for World Wide.

Seeing a lactation consultant helped me with breastfeeding

Oh my! They really put a lot of pressure on you, with that constant weighing and expressing of milk. I hope things are going a lot better now! And your idea of becoming a breastfeeding consultant looks amazing. You’d be able to help so many women!!
That by 6 months of age only 56% of women are breastfeeding, is indeed quite shocking! Is it here in Australia or all around the world?

Thankyou Ladies for your support and suggestions. I am actually looking into becoming a Breastfeeding Consultant through ABA and I am very much pro boob. I am however also realistic about the fact that Breastfeeding often doesn’t come all that easily for many and there is definitely a lack of education before & after the baby is born. Did you knOw that 96 percent of women are still breastfeeding at one month old and that by 6 months only 56 percent are still breastfeeding. My baby is now 4 weeks old and is mainly breastfeed with occasional formula top up, I was so badly pressured by the CAFHS nurse and midwives to get her back to her birth weight that they were weighing her every two days and wanted me to not only feed her but express 4 times a day so that I could use the expressed milk to top her up with 20 to 40 mls after every feed. I felt so much pressure that I nearly went insane. My doctor when I went to see her was so pissed off that I had been put under so much pressure and said my baby is being weighed far to often to see a trend. I think women should be provided the opportunity to get educated about all the pros of breastfeeding and what can hinder successful breastfeeding for example C – Section babies can have trouble establishing breastfeeding and why is that and how can it be improved. When nipples become sore and cracked how can they be looked after so they don’t get sore and cracked. Have any of you had a positive or negative experience that you are able to share as I am compling a study of what women have found that works and doesn’t work. What women struggle with etc. Let’s be educated, informed and keep open minds as to why a woman chooses breastfeed or not.

The Australian Breastfeeding Association is the best resource for info, they also have local groups. There helpline is good to have on hand too.

The best tip, though, would be to attend one of the ABA breastfeeding education classes before your baby is born. Knowledge is Power.

The most important thing I think I can say is be prepared for it to hurt. I didn’t realise that it did and that made it very hard for me. Push through. After the first few weeks it gets easier.

Try to relax. You and your babe are both learning how to do it and it’s ok to ask for help.

Good luck x

I loved breastfeeding on my rocking chair. I found it really relaxing for both of us.
My daughter started to sleep 10 hours in a row during the night at 2 months old. That was of course fantastic! But this way after a couple of months I had less milk. My doctor gave me some pills that helped me increase the production of milk. She told me that I could do that, or wake up my daughter in the middle of the night and let her drink. I wasn’t going to wake her up, so I took the pills, I don’t remember exactly for how long, maybe a couple of months. But it functioned! And I was able to breastfeed till my daughter was just over one year old.

You need to be comfortable, don’t stress about what needs to be done while you’re feeding otherwise you will never relax and bubs won’t be settled. Whatevers waiting will still be there when you’re done! As for feeding in public, your friends won’t mind and I always used to take a wrap with me so I was covered my bus wasn’t distracted by what was going on.