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
Leah - successful breastfeeding with a tricky start; breathing difficulties, forced formula and bottle refusal
Leah is a first time mum who prepared extensively for labour, birth and breastfeeding through her pregnancy. She was dreaming of the first breastfeed in the birth suite and having the ‘golden hour’ together. However, when her daughter Hazel was born she had breathing difficulties and was taken to the special care nursery within 5 minutes of being born.
Leah tells me her story from the firsts minutes after birth establishing a milk supply and getting Hazel to feed at the breast whilst still being in the special care nursery. She shares how the peadiatricians were insistent on using formula top-ups but thankfully she had really wonderful support from the midwives with getting breastfeeding up and going. Leah tells me how they transitioned on to breastfeeding by using a supply line.
7 months later and Leah and Hazel are still breastfeeding. Leah shares with me how she sought support for breastfeeding positional challenges with larger breasts. Trying and not quite managing to get Hazel to take a bottle at 10 weeks of age and how the bottle refusal that came can really impact on a sense of freedom as a new mum.
In this episode Leah brings up some real home truths and a beautiful story of overcoming challenges.
Join me on the couch for this lovely episode.
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