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Overcoming Breastfeeding Challenges - How to work through the learning challenges of breastfeeding?

2020-03-30 17 Dailymotion

https://bit.ly/37breast<br /><br />How to work through the learning challenges of breastfeeding.<br /><br /><br />Transcript:<br /><br />00:08<br />Michele T: When I had Alana, I think I was unprepared for what<br />00:10<br />breastfeeding really entailed.<br />00:12<br />She had a very strong latch and it hurt a lot and I wasn’t<br />00:17<br />prepared for that and I wasn’t prepared for how to counter it<br />00:20<br />and how to care for it and work through it.<br />00:23<br />Michelle K: What I did not know is that if you have a good<br />00:25<br />latch it really won't hurt, and if you don’t have a good latch<br />00:29<br />it will hurt.<br />00:30<br />But if it does hurt there are things that you can do to correct<br />00:32<br />that.<br />00:33<br />Also, what I did not know and learned along the way, which was a<br />00:36<br />challenge, was the more time I spend with my babies, the more<br />00:40<br />milk I’m going to produce and it’s going to keep that regular<br />00:42<br />production of milk.<br />00:43<br />So for as much as people wanted to come and give me a break if<br />00:48<br />I’ve been working all week, it really wasn’t helpful to my<br />00:52<br />breastfeeding relationship if they were taking the baby away<br />00:55<br />from me all of the time.<br />00:56<br />I really needed to have that contact with my baby and be around<br />00:59<br />her.<br />01:00<br />Jamilah Ellis: My biggest breastfeeding challenge was just kind<br />01:03<br />of understanding everything you have to do when you’re trying to<br />01:05<br />provide breast milk for a premature infant.<br />01:10<br />I didn’t have all the right information at the time and so I<br />01:12<br />wasn’t pumping as often as I need to.<br />01:14<br />You need to pump on a schedule like your baby would eat if you<br />01:18<br />have a preemie who’s away from you and not able to breastfeed.<br />01:21<br />And so kind of just learning, getting all the right information<br />01:24<br />and knowing what to do would have been really helpful in<br />01:27<br />possibly making that breastfeeding continue a little longer than<br />01:30<br />it did.<br />01:31<br />Dr. Sahira Long: As a mom I faced some barriers just because<br />01:36<br />breastfeeding wasn’t something that was discussed in my family<br />01:39<br />until I had my son.<br />01:41<br />My husband was definitely supportive, so that wasn’t really an<br />01:44<br />issue, but more of our extended family, you know, my, the<br />01:48<br />questions from family members when my son was two months old,<br />01:52<br />like, “You’re still doing that?” You know, and, “Yes, I am.<br />01:55<br />And I’m going to be doing it for at least 12 months, so prepare<br />01:58<br />to ask that question until then.”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Related:<br /><br />- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04oa (The benefits of breastfeeding)<br /><br />- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04k1 (Uncovering breastfeeding misconceptions)<br /><br />- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t03i4 (Making the decision to breastfeed)<br /><br />- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t06ej (Is my baby getting enough milk?)<br /><br />- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t03yw (Secrets to breastfeeding success)<br /><br /><br />=================================================<br />Thanks for the input of womenshealth.gov

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