Comments on: Here’s to 19 Months of Successful Breastfeeding http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/ Tips for parenting, pregnancy, and all things baby... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Breastfeeding Challenges: Overactive Letdown -- Let’s Talk Babies -- Tips for parenting, pregnancy, and all things baby… http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-332162 Breastfeeding Challenges: Overactive Letdown -- Let’s Talk Babies -- Tips for parenting, pregnancy, and all things baby… Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:28:02 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-332162 [...] suffered from overactive letdown with both of my daughters. Thanks to the 19 months of breastfeeding experience I had under my belt I recognized what was going on immediately this go around. Anna and I are still [...] [...] suffered from overactive letdown with both of my daughters. Thanks to the 19 months of breastfeeding experience I had under my belt I recognized what was going on immediately this go around. Anna and I are still [...]

]]> By: Lisa Mitchell http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-94908 Lisa Mitchell Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:15:13 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-94908 Robyn, Congrats on 22 months of successful breastfeeding. When I stopped at 19 months it was partly because of the pain and discomfort. I was ready to move on to the next part of our relationship. My advice to you would be to perhaps cut out a few nursing sessions to give your breasts some time to rest between feedings. Happy Holidays to you and congrats again on making it this far. Robyn,

Congrats on 22 months of successful breastfeeding. When I stopped at 19 months it was partly because of the pain and discomfort. I was ready to move on to the next part of our relationship. My advice to you would be to perhaps cut out a few nursing sessions to give your breasts some time to rest between feedings. Happy Holidays to you and congrats again on making it this far.

]]> By: Robyn Dumontet-Yaxley http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-94787 Robyn Dumontet-Yaxley Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:05:53 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-94787 First, let me please apoligise to you Lisa for calling you "Sara" in post 3 above as I was reading the prior post. Well another month and a bit has past, and my baby is now a big girl. lol 22 months and still breastfeeding. I did good!! Yet Audrey shows no signs of ever stoping. My boobs hurt. How many woman out there can honestly say they know what it is like for a child to nurse at this age, so happily and, eagerly. She is not biting. Just sucks really hard. I can still hear and see her swallowing. However it does not pour out as fast as a suckie cup. Any real advice? I don't want to hear from people who haven't breast fed. They say... "just say no". Well I think that is cruel. I believe our breast were ment for breastfeeding not mens\womens pleasure. Thanks and happy holidays Robyn and big girl Audrey First, let me please apoligise to you Lisa for calling you “Sara” in post 3 above as I was reading the prior post. Well another month and a bit has past, and my baby is now a big girl. lol
22 months and still breastfeeding.
I did good!! Yet Audrey shows no signs of ever stoping. My boobs hurt. How many woman out there can honestly say they know what it is like for a child to nurse at this age, so happily and, eagerly. She is not biting. Just sucks really hard. I can still hear and see her swallowing. However it does not pour out as fast as a suckie cup. Any real advice? I don’t want to hear from people who haven’t breast fed. They say… “just say no”. Well I think that is cruel. I believe our breast were ment for breastfeeding not mens\womens pleasure.
Thanks and happy holidays
Robyn and big girl Audrey

]]> By: Lisa Mitchell http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-89677 Lisa Mitchell Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:12:20 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-89677 Melanie, Thank you for stopping by and sharing your experiences. I really appreciate the feedback and love hearing about other success stories. I love your one day at a time approach, I think it is the best way to approach breastfeeding. I wish you the all best in your return to work, I know you will be successful if you continue the way you have so far. It will be challenging at times, but it so worth it. Melanie,

Thank you for stopping by and sharing your experiences. I really appreciate the feedback and love hearing about other success stories. I love your one day at a time approach, I think it is the best way to approach breastfeeding. I wish you the all best in your return to work, I know you will be successful if you continue the way you have so far. It will be challenging at times, but it so worth it.

]]> By: Melanie Messer http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-89670 Melanie Messer Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:40:45 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-89670 Wow. I just found you by googling about some breastfeeding issues that I've been having. We're just going into month three and like the woman who replied and mentioned that she had large breasts and numerous challenges, I have had similar experiences. There have been days while I"ve been doing this that I have sat down and cried because I want so much to feed my baby my milk, but there have been unbelievable challenges that I had not anticipated. When we have a rough day or I experience sore nipples or some other issue, I tell myself, "This too shall pass" and tomorrow we will deal with this better than today and so far it seems to work. I am also becoming increasingly aware that even other women in our society sometimes discourage us from doing what should be natural for our children and it's so great to see your blog in that sense. I'm about to go back to work in a couple of weeks and I'm definitely going to continue to read your blog and others like it so that I continue to believe that I can keep on doing this for my son, Hudson. Thanks for your honesty! It's such an encouragement. Wow. I just found you by googling about some breastfeeding issues that I’ve been having. We’re just going into month three and like the woman who replied and mentioned that she had large breasts and numerous challenges, I have had similar experiences. There have been days while I”ve been doing this that I have sat down and cried because I want so much to feed my baby my milk, but there have been unbelievable challenges that I had not anticipated. When we have a rough day or I experience sore nipples or some other issue, I tell myself, “This too shall pass” and tomorrow we will deal with this better than today and so far it seems to work. I am also becoming increasingly aware that even other women in our society sometimes discourage us from doing what should be natural for our children and it’s so great to see your blog in that sense. I’m about to go back to work in a couple of weeks and I’m definitely going to continue to read your blog and others like it so that I continue to believe that I can keep on doing this for my son, Hudson. Thanks for your honesty! It’s such an encouragement.

]]> By: Lisa Mitchell http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-86338 Lisa Mitchell Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-86338 Robyn, I'm glad you were able to push through and successful breastfeed. It is a wonderful experience and so worth it for both mom and baby. Congrats on making it this far, you have done a wonderful thing for your daughter. Best of luck in the future. Robyn,

I’m glad you were able to push through and successful breastfeed. It is a wonderful experience and so worth it for both mom and baby. Congrats on making it this far, you have done a wonderful thing for your daughter. Best of luck in the future.

]]> By: Robyn Dumontet-Yaxley http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-86165 Robyn Dumontet-Yaxley Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:52:27 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-86165 Breasting for me (and my daughter Audrey) has been one of the most difficult things I ever did. Having large breasts was my first problem area, coupled with flat nipples didn't help. Then if that was not enough, all the pumping I did to keep up my milk supply, (while I sought out help from specialist to get little Audrey to latch on)created the next problem...Overactive letdown reflex. In other words the milk came so fast it almost made her drown her every time she wanted to nurse. So she just decided to stop nursing. Then came all the engorgement. Well when everyone else said to stop breast feeding, I had to just go to breast feeding groups for support. The whole thing almost split my marriage up. As Audrey grew older I watched video's of you and your daughter for strength to go on, when all of society continued to give me dirty looks. Thinking and forgetting that the breast was made for the child not for the man! You gave me hope when I was at my end, when I wanted to quit. So thank you for posting your videos so openly for all to see. My daughter will be 21 months in 9 days. she is 24lbs. She is healty and beautiful. She eats all foods, and nurses twices a day, usually in the afternoon and and bedtime. Audrey shows no signs of stopping, and the day she is ready to stop, is the day I am ready to stop! thank you Sara and baby Maya Warmly, Robyn and baby Audrey Breasting for me (and my daughter Audrey) has been one of the most difficult things I ever did.
Having large breasts was my first problem area, coupled with flat nipples didn’t help. Then if that was not enough, all the pumping I did to keep up my milk supply, (while I sought out help from specialist to get little Audrey to latch on)created the next problem…Overactive letdown reflex. In other words the milk came so fast it almost made her drown her every time she wanted to nurse. So she just decided to stop nursing. Then came all the engorgement.
Well when everyone else said to stop breast feeding, I had to just go to breast feeding groups for support. The whole thing almost split my marriage up.
As Audrey grew older I watched video’s of you and your daughter for strength to go on, when all of society continued to give me dirty looks. Thinking and forgetting that the breast was made for the child not for the man!
You gave me hope when I was at my end, when I wanted to quit. So thank you for posting your videos so openly for all to see.
My daughter will be 21 months in 9 days. she is 24lbs. She is healty and beautiful.
She eats all foods, and nurses twices a day, usually in the afternoon and and bedtime. Audrey shows no signs of stopping, and the day she is ready to stop, is the day I am ready to stop!
thank you Sara and baby Maya
Warmly,
Robyn and baby Audrey

]]> By: Lisa Mitchell http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-64600 Lisa Mitchell Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:51:25 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-64600 Thanks so much Sara. I'm glad I've inspired to keep going :) Thanks so much Sara. I’m glad I’ve inspired to keep going :)

]]> By: Sara http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2009/06/30/heres-to-19-months-of-successful-breastfeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-64595 Sara Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=860#comment-64595 20 months of breastfeeding is phenomenal! You're a rock star and an inspiration to me to keep going! 20 months of breastfeeding is phenomenal! You’re a rock star and an inspiration to me to keep going!

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