There, I've done it!

[ISH]

Got a BF ticker

It just struck me that I've been through a LOT to keep it going, I'm quite proud! Inverted nipple, baby being a biter, bad latch, cracked, bleeding, scabby nipples, tried feeding him on one boob only because the other was so painful I cried every time I fed him, expressed every 2 hours day and night for ages, now finally things are going more smoothly and we're EBF... but damn! it's been a bumpy ride!

They never tell you BF is harder work than a full time job, do they?

 

[jules84]

Yayyy!!! xx

 

[LoopyLouize]

Well done hun x

 

[ISH]

This boy'd better make it up to me and make me some nice coffees later on! Feels like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards; all the weight loss seemed appealling too, until I saw photos of my face, and I look gaunt and 50 years older than December last year!

 

[Maria1977]

Well done Ish, nobody warns you how challenging it will be, and that you have to give yourself over to it completely. I think after going through pregnancy, then labour then BFing it really pushes you to a limit!

Everything that you've faced and come through the other side, defo should be a proud mummy

 

[BevG]

its a bt hellish at times isnt it. i hope i can get to the stage where i can ebf. i do tend to cave at 3am after she wont settle tho and give her a bottle....its pretty much the only one she has now. i do think if i didnt get the little sleep i do (5 hrs last night, tho broken by 2 hr span for feed n settle) id have quit bf completely by now as painful as its been so my hats off to you for expressing every 2 hrs hun. your a star x

 

[pinkyprincess]

Well done lovely! You're my hero!

 

[knopk@]

Well done hun! I am not getting rid of mine although i am mixed feeding cause i bloody deserve it!

sent from my Galaxy s2

 

[Mrs N]

Well done hun, I have had to give up after harry didnt put on weight but wish that I cud still be doing it!! Keep up the good work!!
xxx

 

[ISH]

Well done hun! I am not getting rid of mine although i am mixed feeding cause i bloody deserve it!

sent from my Galaxy s2

Good on you - besides, the first few weeks are the toughest anyway

 

[knopk@]

Well done hun! I am not getting rid of mine although i am mixed feeding cause i bloody deserve it!

sent from my Galaxy s2

Good on you - besides, the first few weeks are the toughest anyway

Seven weeks of hell called low milk supply and then I started topping up. It was like finding water in a desert, literally saved me from death

sent from my Galaxy s2

 

[ISH]

There's nothing like that horrible feeling when your baby is crying for hunger and you know you can't feed him Had 2 evenings of that, then stared pumping like a maniac, I couldn't take it!

 

[Olive]

Well done Ish. You've done really well.xx

 

[Sassysugar]

Nothing can prepare you for how difficult it is at the start. Colby still wakes every 2-3 hours (sometimes less) and then takes me ages to get back to sleep. I never knew I could function on such broken sleep, but it's all worth it.

Well done hun, you're doing a great job

 

[TORino]

Well done!!

Those are some high hurdles youve had there!

 

[ISH]

Well! It turns out my mum fed him a bottle without telling me a few days ago when I thought I'd EBF, so I chucked away all the bottles I had in the fridge except 2. I may be distracted, but I can count to two!

 

[Esperanza84]

Well done hun!!!