mrs_tommo22
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gingerpig said:mrs_tommo22 said:Believe me I would love to have my baby latched on, but my boobs are horrendously big and saggy and i had problems feeding my last child because i had to support my boobs and my baby, not easy doing both!
My boobs are huge as well I'm now a 36G I couldn't support Debs as I was so weak after my c-section. I now feed her sat cross legged - she sits in the crook of my legs and I just sort of tip my boob into her mouth. Debs lies on her back or with her head turned into towards me. I support the boob that is doing the feeding I pull some of the top skin back a bit as Debs can really nip on that which is painful, plus it reduces the size of the booby and make it more teat-shaped. When she was younger I would put a thin quilt or cushion underneath her to lift her head higher but now I can tip my saggy old boobies (LOVELY mental image....) straight into her mouth as she has grown so much. I tried the more traditional breastfeeding holds - the hand-bag/rugby hold, the cradle hold etc and they didn't work for me. It wasn't until I worked how I normally sit and then fitted Debs in with that, that we got it sorted.
Thank you so muxh, you have no idea how much hope yopu have given me by putting all that down.Im so glad you read my post and put that all down for me.
I would like to breastfeed this time after my last disastorus attempt with my son, but its not always achievable.
Im not going to kill myself trying to breastfeed as I know i iwill inly get upset, but Im going to speak to my HV when LO arrives and see if she can give me some help with it.
If not I will express into a bottle, hey its better then nothing and with my financual situation I really want to save the pennies on formula milk, but will see what happpens.