Am I the only one who finds this easy?

I have nursed four babies for a total of eight years so far, and other than
initial nipple soreness I never had an iota of trouble except for one severe
bout of thrush with number 4. BF is the EASIEST thing about being a mother,
which is a much harder job overall than I ever expected.

Leslie

"Jan Andrea" wrote:
... and despite having FF cups, never had problems nursing in

It is very late and my sick daughter has me up at 3am. So, of course I
read the above as "formula fed cups".

--
-- Vicki
Married DH May 21, 1995
Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD, born 5/19/02.
"Stay-at-home" Ima since October 2002.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb
I may not currently be pregnant, but I look pregnant, does that count?

Nina wrote:

I've never had a problem breastfeeding my kids all the way to about 28
months. I may have needed advice or suggestions on some things, but for the
most part it has been easy as pie, and I've enjoyed it. Is it just me??

Knock wood, it's been simple for me (or I just can't remember the bad
stuff). P's still going decently strong (3x a day, 1x during the
night), and asks for it. We're not regretting weaning him, even with
the special diet. He's calm, sweet, loving, and doesn't get sick that
often.

Wait..I just remembered 2 blocked ducts. But they resolved themselves
pretty fast. Huh. Guess it has been easy :-).
--
It's Tis Herself

For me it is super hard at first because of true low supply. I have
heard people say what is the problem with sitting there nursing all
the time. It sounds relaxing. When you truly do it all the time it
loses it's charm :-) I also have breasts/nipples that require holding
all the time at first to give baby a decent latch, and that gives me
back pain. I cried frequently over nursing with both my dds at first.

KC

"Nina" wrote in message ...
I've never had a problem breastfeeding my kids all the way to about 28
months. I may have needed advice or suggestions on some things, but for the
most part it has been easy as pie, and I've enjoyed it. Is it just me??

"Nina" wrote in message
. ..
I've never had a problem breastfeeding my kids all the way to about 28
months. I may have needed advice or suggestions on some things, but for
the
most part it has been easy as pie, and I've enjoyed it. Is it just me??


It is you, Or many others.

I had problems with my dd, She was prem wouldn't nurse and we tried non stop
with many nurses, consultants etc but after 3 months of trying we switched
to formula. I even expressed milk for a while but then gave up. I look back
now and think I could have done some of it different but being a first time
mum and having relationship problems didn't help and neither did lossing my
supply.

I had problems with ds, Cracked nipples, mastitis, more cracked nipples,
latch problems, I tried expressing and he wouldn't take the bottle. . He
wouldn't take me, We tried and eventually got him to latch but he wanted to
feed every 30 mins which killed me as I was always tired and annoyed and
hated it. I also had dd whom I couldn't control as she wasn't taking him at
my breast very well and was totally misbehaving. I couldn't go out much as I
knew he would want feeding and I knew dd would act up even more then at
home. And in a shopping centre in tears with ds hurting me and dd mucking
around, It doesn't look good to other shoppers. In the end I wasn't a nice
mummy and my cracked nipples weren't healing and lossing my supply didn't
help. I switched to formula and ds settled down much better and put on
weight and became more loveable. I look back and think I wish I could have
tried longer or stuck at it. But in same ways I think there was a hidden
message for me. I started to look at life different.

Some people have it natural and I think that sucks, but by the same token Im
proud that other mumies can do it! and stick at it.

Did I tell you I had breastfeeding problems ? LOL
Life is life, you learn to get on with it. Its not the be all and end all.

Nic

For me, the first 2 weeks were unspeakably horrible, the
next 2 weeks were miserable, and the 3rd 2 weeks were just
bad. The 6 months since then were easy. So yeah, for the
most part, it's been easy. It's just that the awful parts
came at the beginning.

probably typical, but I had the reverse, the 1st 2 weeks were so easy I
wondered what the fuss was all about, then the 2nd 2 weeks were a bit
tricker, the 3rd 2 weeks were when I relented and bought a pump, it's been
up and down since then but I love it now.

Nina wrote:
I've never had a problem breastfeeding my kids all the way to about 28
months. I may have needed advice or suggestions on some things, but for the
most part it has been easy as pie, and I've enjoyed it. Is it just me??



I'm still breastfeeding my 2nd (22 months) but I wouldn't have called it
easy until he was about 6 months old. It wasn't bad after about 3
months, but it took a good while longer to be easy.

Clisby

This is all interesting to me. I didnt ask to judge or belittle anyone, but
because it has honestly been very easy for me and I wonder if I am the
exception or the norm. I am glad that all the mothers who have had problems
have been able to continue nursing successfully, that gives me hope. I have
been fortunate.

Also, it makes it a little easier to talk to other people about it.Its one
thing for ME to say "you should breastfeed" to people, when I have had no
problems and it has been so easy. Its another when I can say I know of
people who had horrible problems and still managed to do so for a LONG time.

"Clisby" wrote in message
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Nina wrote:
I've never had a problem breastfeeding my kids all the way to about 28
months. I may have needed advice or suggestions on some things, but for
the
most part it has been easy as pie, and I've enjoyed it. Is it just me??



I'm still breastfeeding my 2nd (22 months) but I wouldn't have called it
easy until he was about 6 months old. It wasn't bad after about 3
months, but it took a good while longer to be easy.

Clisby

Nina wrote in message
. ..
This is all interesting to me. I didnt ask to judge or belittle anyone,
but
because it has honestly been very easy for me and I wonder if I am the
exception or the norm. I am glad that all the mothers who have had
problems have been able to continue nursing successfully, that gives me
hope. I have been fortunate.

Yes you did. You posted this right after K-glass boobs story and you are
feeling superior. That's okay though, you are a better mom than her and you
should flaunt it. Nothing wrong with that. Although, in my opinion, there is
more to raising children than what you feed them.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)
I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World...

Nina wrote:
This is all interesting to me. I didnt ask to judge or belittle anyone, but
because it has honestly been very easy for me and I wonder if I am the
exception or the norm. I am glad that all the mothers who have had problems
have been able to continue nursing successfully, that gives me hope. I have
been fortunate.

Also, it makes it a little easier to talk to other people about it.Its one
thing for ME to say "you should breastfeed" to people, when I have had no
problems and it has been so easy. Its another when I can say I know of
people who had horrible problems and still managed to do so for a LONG time.


I don't know that I would have managed if my older child hadn't been in
school 6 hours a day. I'd like to think I'd have stuck with it, but I
honestly can't say that.

Clisby