I'm not a mum yet (am pregnant) so I obv can't give a proper opinion yet but sometimes I do think this. I obviously understand latch/supply issues can be very difficult but once that's sorted... doesn't everyone expect it to be tiring? Not sure how it's any more tiring than having to make up a bottle of formula in the middle of the night etc? I'm sure I'll be eating my words in a few months time!I’m at risk of offending a gazillion women here but... is breastfeeding really that hard for the majority of women? The only issue I’ve had is right at the beginning when baby wasn’t latched properly, got that sorted at 4/5 days old and been alright since? It’s tiring when you think of the cluster feeding, but not difficult? Is it? I wouldn’t say it was harder than climbing a mountain to be honest
I have been breast feeding for 18 months now and I seriously think I love it so much cos i am lazy!I’m at risk of offending a gazillion women here but... is breastfeeding really that hard for the majority of women? The only issue I’ve had is right at the beginning when baby wasn’t latched properly, got that sorted at 4/5 days old and been alright since? It’s tiring when you think of the cluster feeding, but not difficult? Is it? I wouldn’t say it was harder than climbing a mountain to be honest
whatever the problem, wack the boob out. So yeah totally agree.I found it super hard at the start. But that was because I had just had a C section. And I was in a country where the doctors/nurses didn’t speak English. They just avoided me. So I had to teach myself, and all the positions google was giving me were ones that hurt wayyy too much. I couldn’t sit up for the first two days (whatever pain meds I was on were not strong enough). So I found that hard. It would take me an hour to latch her each time. Plus then after 5 days she went into the NICU, so i could only see her for 15 mins every day. So had to turn to pumping. Which is super draining. As you need your baby around you to tell your body to make the milk. I pumped pretty much every hour (even at night). Just allowing her to be formula fed would have meant I could just sleep!! (and when you are banned from seeing your own baby, the only thing you want to do is sleep it off)!I’m at risk of offending a gazillion women here but... is breastfeeding really that hard for the majority of women? The only issue I’ve had is right at the beginning when baby wasn’t latched properly, got that sorted at 4/5 days old and been alright since? It’s tiring when you think of the cluster feeding, but not difficult? Is it? I wouldn’t say it was harder than climbing a mountain to be honest
Yup after a week it was easy! I actually think the faff off bottles and going out the day working out bottles and formula you need must be more tiring and annoying we get to just walk out the house with it all attached to usI’m at risk of offending a gazillion women here but... is breastfeeding really that hard for the majority of women? The only issue I’ve had is right at the beginning when baby wasn’t latched properly, got that sorted at 4/5 days old and been alright since? It’s tiring when you think of the cluster feeding, but not difficult? Is it? I wouldn’t say it was harder than climbing a mountain to be honest
no making bottles in the middle of the night eitherFor me personally it hasn’t been hard at all. Long at times but defo not harder than climbing a mountainI’m at risk of offending a gazillion women here but... is breastfeeding really that hard for the majority of women? The only issue I’ve had is right at the beginning when baby wasn’t latched properly, got that sorted at 4/5 days old and been alright since? It’s tiring when you think of the cluster feeding, but not difficult? Is it? I wouldn’t say it was harder than climbing a mountain to be honest
hahaha same. My little boy is 17 months nearly and I love that I have the stop crying juice on tapI have been breast feeding for 18 months now and I seriously think I love it so much cos i am lazy!
I never found that with the hospital, so I’m sorry that that’s happened to you. Although, I gave birth last year in the midst of covid so I think it was a case of ‘have you want and get out as soon as possible’
In that case it is definitely like climbing a mountain depending on the severity of the tongue tie - some children can feed with it as their mouths grow, if a procedure is needed due to minimal tongue movement I can safely say I'd rather climb many mountains than go through that again
And I feel for her if that’s the case, and she’s thrown herself into being dairy-free and obviously manages as we see all the meals. Every. Single. Day. But he’s almost one now so does she really need the fanfare still? She’ll be out and about as soon as the bars and restaurants are open and loving the fact she doesn’t have to be home to feed or pump as much.In that case it is definitely like climbing a mountain depending on the severity of the tongue tie - some children can feed with it as their mouths grow, if a procedure is needed due to minimal tongue movement I can safely say I'd rather climb many mountains than go through that again
It can be very difficult for lots of reasons. Due to my shape and size of breasts I can only feed in the rugby hold position. Which is very limited and means I can't really go out anywhere as I'm unable to do it in public as need space on a chair next to be for a pillow...and a pillow itself.
Seriously mum shaming for this is below the low. Breast feeding doesn’t happen to some, some find it easy, some find it easier than they thought and carry on for ages and some plan and to feed and struggle but persist and so on. Judging a mum for how they feed their baby, breast feeding or bottle feeding, is totally below the belt and you should be ashamed at yourself for judging Lucy or any other mum for that reason. Great for you that you managed that but some mums don’t find it easy and people can choose when or how long for they feed their baby. It’s people like you that can make mums feel ashamed for not being able to feed their baby or for stopping when they are ready to stop. FYI I struggled first time but was very much go with the flow and chose to bottle feed and 2nd baby was really easy but stopped just before a year because I was ready to stop. You know what though for a lot of women it is hard work and draining as every women is different as is every child.I’m at risk of offending a gazillion women here but... is breastfeeding really that hard for the majority of women? The only issue I’ve had is right at the beginning when baby wasn’t latched properly, got that sorted at 4/5 days old and been alright since? It’s tiring when you think of the cluster feeding, but not difficult? Is it? I wouldn’t say it was harder than climbing a mountain to be honest
It was a genuine question as I don’t know anybody who’s breastfed so all experiences I know of are those online, who either just got on with it or those, like Lucy who seem to talk about it non stop- good and bad. To me, I don’t care how babies are fed, as long as they are. In fact there was no judgement in my post. I have never turned my nose up at anybody for choosing formula and I could easily be as offended at your insinuation that I have. I quite clearly stated that I don’t have the answer to why rates are so low, just offered an opinion.
I wouldn’t say the op was mum shaming atall and no one else has taken it that way either from the responses....
Yeah I get really awkward sometimes when it comes up, like people think I’m bragging about it when I really couldn’t give a tit how anybody is fed to be honest
I think breast feeding can be exhausting, I certainly found it towards the end, even though it was only a couple of feeds or so a day. I had a hungry boy with big appetite, my friend breast fed and played with her hormones the whole time and felt on edge and as soon as she stopped at a year she felt like herself again, sometimes I think Lucy shared some of these experiences and they can help others. I think if more people with Lucy’s influence on social media shared these things then it would really help other mums, especially those that are first time or like at the moment with no network around other than social media, I also guess some don’t share for being judged either way. If they don’t they are bragging, if they do they are moaning! I think having a baby during lock down, even with a good support network on the end of the phone must still be really hard and lonely at the moment.
