Wed, Jan-09-02, 08:26
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Posts: 78
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 237/217/160
BF:
Progress: 26%
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma area
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Okay - now you are going to make me cry. I believe we understand each other. This is my second child. With my first child I didn't take any classes or such because I thought women do this everyday so, she is going to come out one way or another. Of course, I was depressed after having her and thought that I could just start up breast feeding and that it would be a natural thing. Boy was I wrong. So, with my second daughter, I took the breast feeding class and was totally syched about breast feeding and was told that no matter what anyone says it is NOT something that comes natural and that you really have to work with it and have someone to guide you through. So, I delivered a very healthy daughter the day after Christmas 2000 (extreme winter conditions) and started trying to breast feed. There were no lactation specialist at the hospital because they could not drive to work. So, I strugged for the day trying to get to to eat well, which she did do, but I was in the gloom so bad that by day two, I was crying my eyes out and gave up. Then, she ended up with jaundice really bad and they said it was because I breast fed her. I think it was more because of the gloomy weather and no sun.
But, all in all, I can say that I gave it a shot. My daughter took to the bottle extremely well and is now a whopper.
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