My breastfeeding story

[lolarennt]

Hello friends. I'm applying to be a breastfeeding mentor to new moms through an LJ community. Part of the application process is to keep a public entry on my breastfeeding story in my livejournal. So I'm linking to my story in this entry. It is a VERY long story, so don't bother reading it unless this is something you are really curious about

Comments

[my_ophelia]

Oh Hez! I read that whole thing, and I had no idea you were going through that much trouble. I know you had some issues, but you've been so strong I couldn't imagine it was that hard for you.

I'm so proud of you!

[lolarennt]

wow are you serious? you really read my whole story. wow, you rock. thanks! and thank you for the support. :)
i'm so happy i have that super stubborn attitude with certain things in life or else i don't know how i would have done it. i was very very very set on nursing my child. i'm so glad i got past it and am in the awesomest stages of nursing ever now. :)
but yeah, it was really a rough time.

[my_ophelia]

I totally read the whole damn thing. If you took the time to write it, i can sure as hell read it. As much as I don't want kids, I've been very curious about the whole home birth, nursing, active parenting thing.

I really wish I had known this when my friend Amber on LJ was going through nursing her daughter Audrey. She eventually had to give in, and she had the worst guilt (I guess only you can imagine). I'm going to send her over here to check out this post.

(Amber is a Taurus, as well as her daughter. Her daughter was born on my birthday, and Amber's birthday is the day after. I'm pretty sure it was being a stubborn Taurus that made it extra hard for her)

[janisfan]

Yay!!!!!1

You will be an awesome mentor! Go Mama!

[lolarennt]

well i really hope they approve me to be one! :)
thanks for all the help you supplied me as one.

[imjustafacade]

wowowowwo heather!!!! omfg i have no words! you are so freakin hardcore.

im so proud to have such an amazingly strong person as my friend :] you rock! carter is such a lucky boy to have such a great mommy!

[lolarennt]

omg you are WAYYYYYYY to nice. thank you so much, i don't even know what to say. :)

[mosscollection]

It is so insanely ridiculous how much of your story resembles mine. Although, I do have to say that yours has a few more chapters than mine and you definitely had a harder time than me when you get down to it. But we did have A LOT of the same issues

[mosscollection]

Oh, and I think the small mouth/short tongue situation was so a huge cause of our problems as well.