Q&A: I’m Freaked Out About Breastfeeding
Question
“Hi Vanessa. I am 34 weeks pregnant and I cannot wait to meet my baby boy. Thanks to your podcast I feel totally prepared for birth but I’m freaked out about breastfeeding. I have never been around anyone who breastfed and the thought of nursing a baby seems so strange. I feel terrible because I really want to give my baby boy breastmilk and I want to breastfeed, but the thought of it kind of grosses me out. I have read so many stories online about women who can’t make enough milk or are in pain because their nipples hurt and I don’t want that to happen to me. Do you have any advice?” – Sarah
Answer
Additional Resources
- Links to all Breastfeeding Episodes
- Preparing for Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Basics
- Troubleshooting Your Breasts
- Troubleshooting Your Baby
- Breastfeeding challenges in the real world
- Pumping Breast Milk
- Pumping Breast Milk, Building a Stash & Pumping at Work
- Bottle Feeding
- Infant Formula
- Lessons Learned Breastfeeding the Second Time Around
- Breast crawl
- Pregnancy and Breastfeeding with Large Breasts
- Breast Size and Milk Production
- Working Out After Baby & Milk Production
- Cabbage Leaves
- Lipase and Freezing Breastmilk
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
- La Leche League
- Kelly Mom
- Lori Isenstadt, IBCLC – All About Breastfeeding
- All About Breastfeeding Podcast
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