It's sad the way we treat one another ☹️ (TMI)

Their_Mommy 💟 • Risingfromrockbottom.com Blog meant to help the suffering 💛
I'm 'that' mom, who obsesses during pregnancy, which translates into obsessing about my babies food. I have three children, but my first two were strictly formula fed. I was young, I struggled with BF, and so I gave up. Now with baby number three, we've had a decent start, he latched well, he nursed all day long for the first few days, and even now at 2 months old, he can switch between boob and bottle (while at daycare) and be just fine. Problem is, I'm that mom who struggles with IGT, I've done everything under the sun, I've power pumped, religiously, I've taken the fenugreek, blessed thistle, brewers yeast, reglan, I've drank over 100oz of water daily, eaten the oatmeal, drank the mothers milk tea, and even the chicken bone broth. I cried, I became depressed, and felt like a failure.. my baby at two weeks old lost more than 13% of his birth weight, so we began supplementing. I was completely heartbroken. It took awhile but I finally come to the realization that being depressed, crying and stressing out was not helping me or my baby, and that supplementing with some formula WAS OKAY. My baby and I were both getting the benefits of breastfeeding and he was still gaining weight. On another social forum, I wrote pretty much what I just told you here, I even mentioned how at that very moment I was pumping in my car before I started my shift at work.. I mentioned how I've finally became content with 'fed is best', and it started a shit storm, moms commenting telling me how I support formula more than breastfeeding all because of a phrase I used? Believe you me, if I could, I would EBF, the list of benefits for baby and I make the religious pumping schedules and late nights worth it.. but I unfortunately do not make enough milk and have to rely on formula to help keep my babe healthy. It just truly saddens me that we are so quick to attack one another, when we should be supporting each other and lifting each other up. I know it sounds lame, but it's true 'be kind, you never know what others are going through'

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