Breastfeeding Journey

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I wasn’t able to breastfed my first-born, just because she was introduced to formula milk right after she was born, I don’t know why but the hospital gave it to her without our consent, which made me and my daughter didn’t put so much effort on the breastfeeding journey. She’s not a fan of being breastfed.

Until I got preggy with my son, which made me consider of exclusively breastfeeding him maybe up until 6mos old or more. Not only that it is healthy and good for the baby, but also, we can save a lot of money from formula milk. I had invensted on this bf journey, I bought an electric pump, nursing pillow, lactating goods and vitamins, nursing cover, etc.

I had encountered challenges like, I felt I’m not producing or pumping enough milk, that even when I squeezed my boobies, there’s no milk coming out from it anymore. Then, my son got this skin allergy that we don’t even know what caused it, which I thought it’s from my milk, that he’s allergic to it, only to found out that it’s from the water that we’re using to wash him. I also think I’m having PPD(Post-Partum Depression). There’s so many instances that I almost gave up on breastfeeding but something inside me pushes to keep going. I’m proud to say that i’ve overcome those challenges. I’m contected with my milk production though I’m still working on it. We’ll never know, I might have a massive milk stash soon. :)