tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870908096416937819.post2475085768924067384..comments2024-03-29T00:58:39.885-06:00Comments on Nerd and Healthnut: To The Mothers Who Cannot BreastfeedJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08871290373629577048noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870908096416937819.post-4693018831299817742014-09-10T20:23:40.775-06:002014-09-10T20:23:40.775-06:00Being a mom who wasn't able to breastfeed, tha...Being a mom who wasn't able to breastfeed, thank you for this post. I was heartbroken when things didn't work out the way I had always dreamed. But now, months later, I see how Heavenly Father's hand was in that. Had I breastfeed instead of pumping, I would have traumatized my baby when I was hospitalized 10 times from when she was 3-8 months old. But because she was already used to a bottle, it was just fine. And I kept up my supply and didn't become engorged because I could pump through hospitalizations. I only stopped when it because a serious issue to my health, and most likely would have killed me if I had continued (at least three of the hospitalizations were a direct result of producing breastmilk, with a few more caused by those hospitalizations - one led to another). I am so grateful my daughter got breastmilk for the first 9 months of her life, that Heavenly Father had His wisdom to force me to pump when she couldn't latch on due to her mouth deformities, and that my supply was big enough that I got almost double what she needed and could freeze a lot that she could use for months after I had to stop pumping. Using formula broke my heart, when the milk ran out, but it really has turned out alright in the end.Tiffany Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522786869644142610noreply@blogger.com