tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102141287849407838.post3406337832790466465..comments2023-10-28T08:22:06.196+01:00Comments on Analytical Armadillo: Share your experience - Rebecca's storyAnalytical Armadillo IBCLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829027807809292649noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102141287849407838.post-4696645012269895582011-01-02T17:31:55.715+00:002011-01-02T17:31:55.715+00:00Well done!
I think one of the things your story pr...Well done!<br />I think one of the things your story proves is how sometimes the help of an informed friend can make all the difference when the 'system' fails.<br />Doctors most often place very little faith in a mother's instinct, but there ARE exceptions. I think one of the hardest things the first time around is to believe in yourself when no-one else seems to! Having friends who DID believe in you (and in breastfeeding!) obviously helped here and I think that's wonderful. Thank you for sharing your story and well done to you and to those friends who helped you so much. I suspect they will have helped quite a few others too ;)36Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973629411301492678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102141287849407838.post-11970175487512447882011-01-02T17:00:46.557+00:002011-01-02T17:00:46.557+00:00Amazing story. Brings back so many memories of a y...Amazing story. Brings back so many memories of a year ago when I had my little girl. She was whisked away into neo-natal due to 24hr weight loss and suspected strep B infection, and although I battled to feed her she was very lethargic and wouldn't suck and I was eventually persuaded to allow formula top ups by nasal tube. Off my own back, I hobbled along to her ward every 3 hours day and night to bf during her top-ups so that she would connect breastfeeding with feeling full. I came across such a mixture of helpful and unhelpful nurses and midwives, and much conflicting advice. After 48 hours and 2 fraught meetings with a lactation consultant I persuaded the doctors to reduce then stop the top ups altogether, to give her the impetus to feed. We didn't look back after that and I breastfed for 9 months but I will always regret giving in so easily to the pressure to administer those top ups.Vickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102141287849407838.post-66422202196652272532011-01-02T15:19:32.172+00:002011-01-02T15:19:32.172+00:00Thank you so much for sharing. Your determination ...Thank you so much for sharing. Your determination shows how hard some mums have to work to get breastfeeding going, and how naff support really can be :(<br />I'm utterly in awe that you got through all that- I'm not sure I could have done the same -despite breastfeeding 2, 1 for 2 years and stopping when pregnant, then started again ( a bit) a year later when she met older kids who fed openly, the other for 2.5 yrs and still going strong.abusymumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020566201700516894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102141287849407838.post-26816407351732883402011-01-02T10:49:57.506+00:002011-01-02T10:49:57.506+00:00Fab story, I am impressed and amazed by your stren...Fab story, I am impressed and amazed by your strength and determination to succeed against all the odds. Just goes to show how importand the RIGHT support is. Well done :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102141287849407838.post-91583511169680766912011-01-02T10:25:59.234+00:002011-01-02T10:25:59.234+00:00Wow.
I am absolutely stunned by this amazing stor...Wow.<br /><br />I am absolutely stunned by this amazing story.<br /><br />For you to have had the resources to go through that, against such terrible support in the hospital is incredible. What amazing friends you have! You're amazing! Your baby is so lucky.<br /><br />Well done - you're an inspiration.EAnoreply@blogger.com