I can't breastfeed my sonI've tired everything (so please dont try and suggest ways to do it - I literally have tried everything), worked religiously with my lactation consultant, spent so much time and money on ways to get my son to latch and my supply up. I have been supplementing and pumping (so he has had some breast milk) - but the pumping takes up hours and hours of my day (it takes an hour to pump 2oz from both breasts combined). I am exhausted, emotional, and feel useless. My family have gone back to England, my husband returns to work next week. I cannot physically keep up what I am doing when I am by myself with my son. My family have seen first hand how much this is affecting me and have urged me to move exclusively to formula so that I can enjoy these times with my son, instead of beating myself up when trying to feed him from my breast, being hooked up to a pump for half the day unable to move when he cries. I cry almost everyday about these issues - I feel like I'm failing my son and my body is useless. I read comments and articles and I feel like I'm going to kill my son by feeding him formula, that I'm not trying hard enough .. basically that I'm a horrible mother.
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I'm sorry for the rant .. I just had to get it out somewhere
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