Community support for breastfeeding

Success at last

babydolls_lollypop: I would have given up if it weren't for all your kind messages, trying to help and telling me not to feel bad if I can't breastfeed. I decided that I had nothing to lose by keeping going.

Yes, it hurt like hell but I decided not to stop before giving it a good fight. So I had a day off, bottle fed him, bought the cabbage leaves and the nipple cream, and had the hot baths.

Finally, after hours of trying, he latched on to a very huge and engorged breast and fed perfectly. It didn't hurt, not even at the beginning, and now he is a natural.

I think bottle feeding him for a couple of days helped to teach him he didn't need to suck so hard, so now I haven't even got cracked nipples and he feeds every two hours.

I would say to anyone who has any kind of problem with their baby - talk to anyone and everyone because all the advice helps and everyone will be on your side.

Thank you everyone - Toby's hungry so I'd better go.