Commencing our breastfeeding journey
I have always been hell bent in breastmilk feeding Trystyn even before he was born. I know that best milk I could give him is my milk full of antibodies that would protect him. But alas, it was not as easy as I thought. During his 1st week of life, I was unable to fully breastfeed him as I had bladder atony and I was under a lot of pain medication. I was too scared that he might be harmed with all the drugs inside my body. So I pumped and dumped. As I said in my previous entry, I was just so lucky I had friends who donated their milk to Trystyn <3 When I was finally out of the pain meds and could finally let Trystyn latch, he wouldn't! It was frustrating 😢 So I pumped milk so I can have something to feed him in a bottle, but was also forced to top up with formula. And then I had a UTI that required antibiotics that were not compatible with breastfeeding, so the formula use kept on. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against formula feeding, and I always...