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Tummy Tuck During C Section
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Question: When I was having troubles getting breastfeeding started
with my son I phoned La Leche League a couple of times for help and I was
irritated with how gung ho they were. I wished that I could just quit and
feel okay about it.
Now that I have overcome my NUMEROUS and NIGHTMARISH breastfeeding
problems, I am a confirmed "fanatic" and therefore, I can now understand
why people become this way.
It's because we realize that the problem with breastfeeding in our culture
is that there's no support. YES, formula is fine and it's great that it's
there, especially since the wet nurse is all but unheard of in this day
and age. But if we tell a woman at the first sign of trouble that there's
a free can of artificial milk available to her at any time, then where's
the incentive to continue breastfeeding?
Answer: Breastfeeding wasn't, initially, easy for me. Shana had an
"attitude problem" that was dealt with by me pumping every 2 hours
during the day, every four hours at night, which meant that I
got very little sleep because Shana wouldn't necessarily wake
up ready to eat right after I finished a pumping session and
the attendant clean-up period (washing out all those
(pump parts). There was the lactation consultant, the
*(supplemental feeding system that Shana & I hated,
etc. etc. Bill remembers me in tears, saying "I can't
do this" (luckily, I've forgotten that part. Oh yeah, and
I was recovering from a c-section, too (BTW, why can't some
doctor offer a combo c-section/tummy tuck?
But my reaction to all this has been quite different. I now
entirely understand why a woman confronted with serious
difficulties in breastfeeding would go to formula. We all
pick and choose the battles we want to put our energy into,
and I can see that a newborn who won't nurse, or whose
nursing causes pain, can, after enough time goes by, be
a good enough reason to go to formula.
I understand that there are many women who don't go
through this process, and who go to formula after a
cursory try at breastfeeding.
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