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Breastfeeding And Questions ... It's OK To Ask!
Breastfeeding and questions are two things that go together very well. That's why there are many support groups.
Breastfeeding can be tough for new moms and that is why many women experience breastfeeding problems. Sometimes it can seem that all a mother has are breastfeeding and questions, especially if the baby isn't getting enough to eat and is losing weight.
Breastfeeding isn't always easy. It arrives during a very stressful period in a mother's life. Shortly after the birth of a baby, a woman is faced with new challenges.
She has just undergone intense physical changes to her body and she may be fatigued from physical and mental exhaustion. And yet, she is given the important task of caring for a tiny infant. It is her only job for days, weeks and months following a birth to feed and care for a baby. Many women experience breastfeeding problems during this time.
Things become even more stressful for new mothers when they experience depression after giving birth. For mothers who babies are not well, life is even more stressful. And, when baby is having difficulty breastfeeding, or refuses to nurse, mothers can feel helpless.
This is a period of time filled with breastfeeding and questions.
If breastfeeding problems arise, breastfeeding stories can be really helpful to mothers who are breastfeeding or trying to breastfeed their infants. Those mothers who feel as though their questions about breastfeeding are all-consuming will find comfort talking to other women about it.
Breastfeeding stories can be funny, serious, dramatic, and frightening and can carry with them a variety of other emotions. And, stories about nursing can help mothers in all types of situations to relate to others and deal with the stress of taking care of a new baby and any present breastfeeding problems.
Telling breastfeeding stories provides women with an opportunity to discuss breastfeeding and questions about breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding stories can help mothers who are trying to wean their babies give up the close and intimate contact that they have enjoyed for so many months. Hearing that other mothers also have difficulty weaning their children can help them to overcome any problems that they are experiencing.
Breastfeeding stories can also help mothers who cannot get their babies to feed. Listening to the stories of other women who have had difficulty getting their babies to nurse properly can help women to overcome such a problem. Other women may be able to provide women who are having difficulty with helpful hints for encouraging a baby to feed or provide helpful resources and support
Just listening to other women tell their stories and experiences reminds a new mother that she is not alone. Breastfeeding and questions don't have to seem so overwhelming.
She will realize that many other women have experienced the same difficulties and emotions. Many other women have had trouble learning how to breastfeed properly, or have found it difficult to establish such a powerful bond with their babies.
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