I know it’s a little odd me writing about this book as I’m not breastfeeding any more, but I received the Breastfeeding Made Easy book just as I was switching to the bottle – it would have been so handy for me beforehand but I thought it would still be great to review it as I could maybe help someone in the future, even if only on something small, and I could recommend it to people in the future too. Obviously it’s also taken me a long time to get through it, as it is a long book; but in turn that means …
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The depressing truth | In the media
I recently came across an article that a couple of friends posted on social media recently. The headline caught my eye simply because I related to it – The depressing truth behind mums ‘unable’ to breastfeed. I put together three of the words – depressing, unable, breastfeed – and immediately thought of myself. If you have read my blog before you will know that I really struggled to breastfeed both J & N. The months after J was born were some of the worst of my life because I was unable to breastfeed. I blamed myself, my body didn’t work properly, I couldn’t provide for …
Bonding with baby
I recently happened to come across a statement on social media where basically, someone had said that breastfeeding gives you more of a bond with your baby than formula feeding does. This is something which has irritated me before so I thought that now was about the right time to blog about it. I shouldn’t need to state, but this is not at all a dig at breastfeeding as I actually managed a few weeks myself, it’s purely the statement and the derivation of it. With little man J, we didn’t take to breastfeeding, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t bond …
Breastfeeding envy
As my regular readers will know, I suffered terribly with breastfeeding guilt after not managing to feed J. Though I only managed to feed N for a few weeks and it was quite upsetting for me to stop even though it was my decision, I haven’t suffered with it half as much. One thing I have suffered with though, is breastfeeding envy. Envy Envy is an emotion which “occurs when a person lacks another’s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it” Bertrand Russell said that envy was one of the most potent …
Why I’m bittersweet…
The week of June 20-26 is Breastfeeding Awareness Week in Britain. During this week there will be a Keep Britain Breastfeeding Scavenger Hunt. I’m feeling very bittersweet about it this year. Last year I was just sad, as I had hoped to be taking part in it with our angel. The year before I had already failed with J, so was much the same. Don’t get me wrong, I am very pro-breastfeeding. It just didn’t work for us, and it made me oh so sad. I would have loved to take part this year. Seeing all the posts about it brings …