Breastfeeding help
Hey guys!! So I have a 12 month old son and I’m having my little girl next Thursday (induction) and I need some advice. I have PCOS. So last time with my son my milk never came in. And it was a depressing and painful 3-4 weeks of trying to make something happen that couldn’t. Then having assholes say “that’s a shame because breast is best” (I know it probably is but to say that to a mother who physically cannot breastfeed just makes her feel like she’s not giving her child “the best” you know?) And that’s a hard pill to swallow. So my son was bottle fed and he did great. Now with my second I wanted to just go straight to bottle to save myself going through that same thing. It was a hard time for me. Plus I suffer depression badly and I got so depressed last baby that being able to go out for several hours to breathe was a life saver for me as I didn’t have to be home to breastfeed baby on demand. But as I just went out to buy formula to get ready my husband said “no your breastfeeding”. I explained how he should remember how hard that was for me last time and how scared I was to try and make something happen that couldn’t. And I mentioned my depression and having almost 2 babies under 1 I will need help and a bottle would be best for that. And he said “no, your doing it and that’s final”. Like wow such a controlling kind of answer and it really hurt me. I honestly think he wants me to breastfeed just so he doesn’t have to get up in the nights and help me feed the kids. The point to my post is... do you think I could breastfeed this time? The doctor last time and the lactation consultants told me my pathways must be wrong or because of my PCOS I may never breastfeed. And I’ve come to terms with that but my husband is now pushing me to. I don’t really know what to do. I’m so hurt by his comment I kind of told him to go fuck himself and have a baby with a woman who can breastfeed if it means so much to him. Look... I’m hormonal lol. But as if labor and looking after two kids by myself won’t be hard enough he wants to add more pressure on me. What do I do?
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