muppetmummy
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Has anyone here had any experience of breastfeeding with breast implants, or thinking of doing so?
I have breast implants and only managed to breastfeed James for about a week. He was on the breast almost constantly which having read a bit since I've learnt isn't totally inheard of in the early days, though at the time I felt like I was letting James down and starving him.
I was living with my mum at the time who had only ever bottled fed us kids so she was constantly moaning at me about it not being normal for the baby not to go 4 hours between feeds and why didn't I just give him a bottle as he probably wasn't getting enough.
James did put on weight during that week so we must have been doing something right, I think all the criticism I got from my mum over my decision made me lose confidence in myself.
At 6 days old James stopped breathing and had to go into hospital for a course of intravenous anitibiotics and various tests to rule out meningitus, epilepsy and other scary stuff. During that time the breast feeding went down hill, I was tired and stressed, james was probably feeling rubbish and the midwifes on scubu didn't have the time to help a mum who was having trouble with her baby latching on, eventually my milk supply started to become a problem so it was suggested by the midwives on scubu that I bottlefeed.
I'm still not sure whether the milk supply problems were due to my breast implants or whether it was the stress of situation as well.
The midwives on scubu were telling me that I wasn't producing enough milk and to bottlefeed, yet the midwives on the ward I was staying on were telling me I was doing fine and keep trying. I felt so condused about everything at the time.
Early on in my pregnancy I was adement I would bottle feed this time as I felt a failure not being able to continue breastfeeding before, but having thought about it some more I think I'll give it a go and see what happens. I'll buy the bottle feeding equipement, and get a tin of formula in,in case and not put any pressure on myself (I hope!)
Part of me is also a bit scared too though. I still have a fear in the back of my mind that the baby might end up drinking silicone, and I keep worrying that maybe James stopped breathing because of my breast implants (they never really found out why he stopped breathing, no infection was found, though he responded well to antibiotics).
My midwife this time thinks I should give it a go and was quite dissapointed when I was so adament about bottle feeding.
Sorry for the long post! It's been playing on my mind recently, I keep having dreams about having problems breastfeeding, in the last one my boob had a huge hole in it and I could see the milk inside but couldn't get it out! I've also been thinking about when James stopped breathing too, I was breast feeding him at the time and I can't stop thinking that my implants were responsible! I wish I never had them in the first place, they're my biggest regret
I have breast implants and only managed to breastfeed James for about a week. He was on the breast almost constantly which having read a bit since I've learnt isn't totally inheard of in the early days, though at the time I felt like I was letting James down and starving him.
I was living with my mum at the time who had only ever bottled fed us kids so she was constantly moaning at me about it not being normal for the baby not to go 4 hours between feeds and why didn't I just give him a bottle as he probably wasn't getting enough.
James did put on weight during that week so we must have been doing something right, I think all the criticism I got from my mum over my decision made me lose confidence in myself.
At 6 days old James stopped breathing and had to go into hospital for a course of intravenous anitibiotics and various tests to rule out meningitus, epilepsy and other scary stuff. During that time the breast feeding went down hill, I was tired and stressed, james was probably feeling rubbish and the midwifes on scubu didn't have the time to help a mum who was having trouble with her baby latching on, eventually my milk supply started to become a problem so it was suggested by the midwives on scubu that I bottlefeed.
I'm still not sure whether the milk supply problems were due to my breast implants or whether it was the stress of situation as well.
The midwives on scubu were telling me that I wasn't producing enough milk and to bottlefeed, yet the midwives on the ward I was staying on were telling me I was doing fine and keep trying. I felt so condused about everything at the time.
Early on in my pregnancy I was adement I would bottle feed this time as I felt a failure not being able to continue breastfeeding before, but having thought about it some more I think I'll give it a go and see what happens. I'll buy the bottle feeding equipement, and get a tin of formula in,in case and not put any pressure on myself (I hope!)
Part of me is also a bit scared too though. I still have a fear in the back of my mind that the baby might end up drinking silicone, and I keep worrying that maybe James stopped breathing because of my breast implants (they never really found out why he stopped breathing, no infection was found, though he responded well to antibiotics).
My midwife this time thinks I should give it a go and was quite dissapointed when I was so adament about bottle feeding.
Sorry for the long post! It's been playing on my mind recently, I keep having dreams about having problems breastfeeding, in the last one my boob had a huge hole in it and I could see the milk inside but couldn't get it out! I've also been thinking about when James stopped breathing too, I was breast feeding him at the time and I can't stop thinking that my implants were responsible! I wish I never had them in the first place, they're my biggest regret
