How to work through the learning challenges of breastfeeding.
Transcript:
00:08 Michele T: When I had Alana, I think I was unprepared for what 00:10 breastfeeding really entailed. 00:12 She had a very strong latch and it hurt a lot and I wasn’t 00:17 prepared for that and I wasn’t prepared for how to counter it 00:20 and how to care for it and work through it. 00:23 Michelle K: What I did not know is that if you have a good 00:25 latch it really won't hurt, and if you don’t have a good latch 00:29 it will hurt. 00:30 But if it does hurt there are things that you can do to correct 00:32 that. 00:33 Also, what I did not know and learned along the way, which was a 00:36 challenge, was the more time I spend with my babies, the more 00:40 milk I’m going to produce and it’s going to keep that regular 00:42 production of milk. 00:43 So for as much as people wanted to come and give me a break if 00:48 I’ve been working all week, it really wasn’t helpful to my 00:52 breastfeeding relationship if they were taking the baby away 00:55 from me all of the time. 00:56 I really needed to have that contact with my baby and be around 00:59 her. 01:00 Jamilah Ellis: My biggest breastfeeding challenge was just kind 01:03 of understanding everything you have to do when you’re trying to 01:05 provide breast milk for a premature infant. 01:10 I didn’t have all the right information at the time and so I 01:12 wasn’t pumping as often as I need to. 01:14 You need to pump on a schedule like your baby would eat if you 01:18 have a preemie who’s away from you and not able to breastfeed. 01:21 And so kind of just learning, getting all the right information 01:24 and knowing what to do would have been really helpful in 01:27 possibly making that breastfeeding continue a little longer than 01:30 it did. 01:31 Dr. Sahira Long: As a mom I faced some barriers just because 01:36 breastfeeding wasn’t something that was discussed in my family 01:39 until I had my son. 01:41 My husband was definitely supportive, so that wasn’t really an 01:44 issue, but more of our extended family, you know, my, the 01:48 questions from family members when my son was two months old, 01:52 like, “You’re still doing that?” You know, and, “Yes, I am. 01:55 And I’m going to be doing it for at least 12 months, so prepare 01:58 to ask that question until then.”
Related:
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04oa (The benefits of breastfeeding)
