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Originally Posted by Jellin Pico  Did your breasts frighten them? |
Oh no. They definitely wanted to nurse. It was the lack of breast milk coming out despite doing all the things I was told to do to get it to come out that was the issue. After kneading and attempting to express milk from my very milk-engorged and painful breasts for three days...frantic calls to a lactation consultant who could offer no personal help as she had never breast fed...and being told nastily by another lactation consultant that it should all come naturally and that I obviously was doing it all wrong...yeah, I guess I just gave up, heh.
And that was the first time. The second time I tried on my own thinking maybe they (meaning my milkjugs) would be better behaved that time around, but no. FAIL.
Maybe I should have tried popping a hole in the nipple
