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Equipped with the breastfeeding experience from my firstborn, (read it here), I told myself to take it easy and go with the flow with my second baby. Even before the baby was born, I’ve already decided not to force breastfeeding upon myself if it doesn’t work out.
Before my second baby latched on, I’ve almost forgotten the pain and the struggles. But as soon as he latched, memories came flooding back. Slowly but surely, I started to feel the pain that’s associated with breastfeeding, and within the first day, my nipples were cracked and bleeding.
All the difficult memories of breastfeeding my first born was so vivid, I could not bare going through that again. With my baby’s jaundice and my nipples being painful, I asked for formula to feed my baby. Of course I received weird glances from the nurses but they complied nonetheless. I didn’t want to force myself like I did with my first born, if it is too painful to breastfeed directly I will just pump like I did before.
I protected my breasts and exclusively pumped the first week. Baby didn’t latch at all because I wanted my nipples to heal. I only allowed him to latch again when my milk came in at Day 5.
It truly felt like a miracle. My baby latched, fed, and my nipples were fine. They weren’t painful, they didn’t hurt! I was so surprised! It is still a mystery to me why I was able to breastfeed this time around. The only thing I did differently was allowing my nipples to heal before trying again. Because breastfeeding didn’t hurt this time, I continued to exclusively breastfeed my second born til this day.
I’m a more conservative person, therefore I always use a nursing cover to breastfeed in public. However, when we travelled to Asia, it was too hot and humid, the nursing cover made it extra uncomfortable for my baby to nurse.
These fashionable nursing tops were such great finds, it meant that I could nurse my baby in public without using a nursing cover. It is also conservative enough for my liking. Best of all, these tops are so fashionable you can’t even tell they are nursing tops. It really made breastfeeding so much easier and enjoyable.
There isn’t a single right way of feeding your baby. Do what works for you and your baby. What’s comfortable for you is what’s best for your baby. Don’t ever let others tell you otherwise.
老二的親餵母乳經驗談
因為經歷了一遍慘痛的親餵經驗（點這裡閱讀），我決定老二要順其自然。可以親餵是最好，但如果不行也不要強迫自己。
在二寶出生以前，我幾乎快要忘了親餵老大的慘痛經歷。但在二寶出生的第一天，我的乳頭就被吸的破裂而且流血了。寶寶出生後第一次含乳的時候，我瞬間記得之前所有的困難，也不想再忍受一次親餵的痛苦。
由於二寶有黃疸再加上我乳頭破皮流血，我向護士小姐要了配方奶餵二寶。我不想再一次強迫自己，如果親餵母乳太痛苦的話，就直接像以前一樣用擠奶的。
為了保護我的乳頭，後來的一周只有用電動吸乳器擠奶，完全沒有親餵。我希望能讓乳頭的傷口癒合。直到一周後我有母奶了，才有讓寶寶再次含乳。
當我再次嘗試親餵寶寶時，一點痛的感覺都沒有，我真的很驚訝，覺得像是個奇蹟！我還是不曉得為什麼我親餵二寶可以這麼成功，我唯一做的不同的事情就是讓我的乳頭癒合後再次嘗試親餵。我就這樣親餵二寶母乳，從他一週大直到今天。
我在公共場合餵奶時喜歡用哺乳巾，所以出門都一定會帶上它。但是六月帶寶寶到中國，台灣，日本玩的時候，因為亞洲太熱太潮濕，哺乳巾讓寶寶太悶熱，他一直扭動，拉扯加哭，後來乾脆不用罩巾了。
我在亞洲買到超時尚的哺乳衣，真的超開心。這樣我餵奶時就不需要用哺乳巾，也不會怕走光了。這些哺乳衣讓餵奶時變得非常方便，容易和愉快。
