You can imagine how bad I felt after giving birth to my baby and it was time to breastfeed but nothing came forth, oh breast milk where art thou, I questioned, but of course, there was no response since breast milk has no voice to speak (Lol). Experienced mothers started to share their thoughts on the things that could bring out breast milk on time and I tried them all but nothing was forthcoming.
This makes me think some of the things that previously used to work for these mothers in their generation are no longer working in this age and time (I wonder why). This experience of course, spoilt my plans for exclusive immediately as my baby had to eat on time to avoid what I would not want as an outcome, so we got him a good baby food.
The first day after childbirth didn't give us breast milk, nor the second up until the sixth day, my baby was trying to suck but nothing at all was coming out. I was deeply worried. Someone mentioned to me that there are things I ought to have done during pregnancy in preparation for breastfeeding, these things according to her should have been properly communicated during anti-natal. However, even though, I didn't miss anti-natal for a single day, I never heard a word about preparing my breast for breastfeeding either from the nurses or the doctors.
On the sixth day, I noticed drops of little milk coming out and I was extremely excited, I announced to the entire house that breast milk was available and I instantly grabbed my baby to have him suckle, and of course, my active champion did not hesitate to grab my nipple and suck on the little available milk, even though it hurts, I was happy he had something to suckle that the pain didn't bother me much.
Probably because of the days of sucking endlessly without result, I started to feel pain and hurt on my nipple everytime my baby sucks, I still feel pain up until now, but it isn't as bad as it used to be. That was a little diversion, on the seventh day, a friend gifted me some lactating milk, we were not sure it would work but we just needed to try as I was desperate to have my baby get the essentials of breast milk.
The fact that there was little quantity coming out already made us confident that we only needed a little boost or a little more time, before I started to lactate properly. I took the tea based on instruction on the first day and the second day, and I couldn't be more satisfied than seeing my baby suck with a big smile, which I interpret to mean, yeah Mum, we have it now.
This is how my journey to proper breastfeeding went, and I am excited for the gift of breast milk (hahaha). Thank you for reading my story, I expect your sweet remark in the comment section, mums and dads.
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