Timeforanamochango Fri 08-Dec-17 19:35:30

I always wanted to but had zero support post birth despite being in hospital for a week. My baby was given a bottle from birth when I wasn’t awake to stop it and therefore rejected my boobs. The breastfeeding support specialist didn’t turn up once and she cried being near my boobs, a Midwife wouldn’t help with latch, I felt so violated post birth and was traumatised that I didn’t want to get my boobs out in front of anyone to keep trying anymore and my milk never came through because of it, by the time I got home on day 7 I pumped for 3 hours to get about 2 drops. If I had more support with the latch and even during labour I think we 100% would have breastfed. This time around I’ve put in my notes on the first page (dont give bottle unless absolutly necessary, if I’m not conscious put her on breast if possible) I’m also not planning to leave the hospital until I’ve had bf support and will limit visitors so I can BF without an audience. In my opinion there’s more stigma around not breastfeeding, I’ve never felt so judged than when I told people I wasn’t bf’ing.