In the first month I learned the dedication breastfeeding takes. Before baby comes, decide how committed you are to breastfeeding. If you have taken a class at all, they will tell you it's not easy... and it is so true.
The first few days in the hospital were not terrible, but not necessarily easy. Then we got home and things got really hard! He kept falling asleep... thus the milk was slow to come in, so there wasn't much to eat. The doctor suggested we "finger feed." What does that mean? We had to put either pumped milk or formula in a curved syringe and have him get it out. So I had to nurse him, then pump, while my husband gave him the milk out of the syringe. And we had to do this every 2 hours... night and day... for 48 hours... and the whole process took 1 hour! Talk about sleep deprived!
The milk finally came in and we had a happy baby and a happy mama. Breastfeeding was not all a walk in the park. So, you have to know you're committed before the baby comes and you are an emotional mess (thanks to hormones).
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