The Feeding Couch
Welcome to The Feeding Couch podcast; a place where the real, uncensored, breastfeeding and postpartum stories are told. I am a midwife and Lactation Consultant and over the decades working with families I’ve seen a variety of feeding journeys and I can tell you that not one of them is the same. In our worId of perfect portrayal of postpartum on social media its time to shine a light on what's really going on in those first weeks, months and years when we set out to feed our babies.
The Feeding Couch
Nicole - Breastfeeding past the first year - growth spurts - biting - taboos of public feeding
In this episode I talk to Nicole, who is currently breastfeeding her 16 month old daughter. Amber is Nicole’s miracle rainbow baby after losses and fertility struggles.
Nicole shares with me so many insightful and real aspects of ‘normal’ breastfeeding. Even when everything on paper seems ‘perfect’ it still comes with it’s challenges.
We discuss:
- Getting started with breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding past the first year
- Dealing with growth spurts and very frequent feeding
- Biting during feeding
- Public feeding- the taboos, the comments, and the way to deal with this whilst still staying in your power
- How being stubborn can really benefit as you embark on the role of motherhood!
This episode is such a wonderful example of a really great breastfeeding experience, one that comes with all the interesting ranges of normal and gives insight on how to tackle these moments which I know so many will be or have experienced.
(Before we go into this episode I have to just say please bear with us for the first 2.5 minutes as there is some background noise from beautiful little Amber which I was unable to edit out. After this point the audio is clearer and easier to listen to.)
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