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The Breastfeeding Coach

Locality: Goulburn, New South Wales

Address: Goulburn 2580 Goulburn, NSW, Australia

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14.01.2022 A few days ago I found out that I suffer from a condition called Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER). I had NEVER heard of it, and I was so shocked that no ...one, not even my doctor, had told me about this very real, very difficult breastfeeding disorder. Ever since I came home from the hospital, every time I breastfed Sunny I was hit by a wave of extreme sadness and emotion for about 60 seconds and I didn’t know why. I knew I had postpartum anxiety/depression, so I just assumed it was part of that. However, as the weeks turned into months, I decided to try to find some answers about the waves of sadness I was feeling because they were so strong. I thought there had to be something wrong with me. I learned that this condition is NOT a psychological response to breastfeeding, but actually a physiological response to milk release. For most moms, dopamine levels drop properly and they never knew it even happened. In D-MER moms however, dopamine levels drop inappropriately and it causes an instant and brief wave of a negative emotional reaction that lasts around 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Basically, all that to say that I get super sad when I breastfeed. It sucks. It really does. But I cannot tell you how relieved I was to find out that this is a real condition that several moms suffer with, and that I’m not alone in this! Check in on your friends who are new moms. There are so many challenges and hurdles that we were never even aware we might encounter. Awareness needs to be raised about conditions like D-MER. Use your voice, even if it shakes. Your feelings and experiences are valid #dropthecover #milkmaker - @kbfromkc_ See more

13.01.2022 They said: Don’t hold them too much, they’ll get use to it and always want to be held Me: Well that’s kind of my plan ... Margaux Motin

09.01.2022 The type of cry doesn’t matter. When they last had a breastfeed doesn’t matter. Just pick them up. Breastfeed them. Keep it simple.

07.01.2022 Breastfeeding is NOT normalized and I’m going to tell you why. 2 days ago Ashley Graham posted this picture of her looking sexy as hell and got a whole lot of ...love on her post. 1 day prior she posted the picture of her feeding her baby and every other comment talks about how she needs to cover up and she shouldn’t expose herself like that and other crap comments. Why is it okay to post sexy bikini pictures but it’s not okay to post a breastfeeding picture? I hope the woman worried about her 8 year old son seeing this is also keeping her son away from beaches and pools. I hope the women preaching that Ashley needs a cover her baby while he eats in public are also covering themselves while they eat. I hope those commenting on her picture how inappropriate it is are also telling Victoria’s Secret to take down their advertising pictures in malls. Breastfeeding is not normalized. People still think it’s gross or weird or inappropriate. This is why we have to fight so hard to normalize it. NEWS FLASH: Breastfeeding advocates aren’t shaming you for bottle/formula feeding your baby. We simply believe in every mother’s right to breastfeed if that’s what she chooses. We believe in the right to be properly educated on breastfeeding and to have proper access to resources when needed. We believe that women have a right to breastfeeding support. And we believe that every woman has the right to publicly feed their baby any way they choose without being shamed for it! *A lot of ignorant people are completely missing the point of this post. The likes don’t matter. Yes, the breastfeeding picture has more likes but have you read the comments? They’re horrible. While the bikini picture has less likes there’s more support and uplifting comments on that post.*

05.01.2022 A reminder for whoever needs to hear this: You are not failing at breastfeeding. You did not fail at breastfeeding. You cannot fail at breastfeeding. No-one fai...ls at breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is not an exam, a job interview nor a level in a video game. It is an experience deeply personal and unique to every mother and baby dyad. Sometimes that experience might not go as you hoped. It might look different from how you envisioned. It may be much harder. It might end up being much shorter than you wanted. Or, conversely, it may last longer than you ever imagined. But the value of your breastfeeding experience is not defined by how long or short it was, or whether you breastfed exclusively, or whether you pumped and fed, or supplemented, or tube fed. All experiences, including, and perhaps especially, the ones that didn't go to plan are valuable, important and worthy of celebration. Every feed, even a single syringe of colostrum that was expressed ante-natally is valuable, important and worthy of celebration. If you are doing the best you can in the circumstances life has handed you then that is all any of us can ever do, both as mothers and as human beings. And getting up every morning and doing your best makes you a wonderful mother. That is not failure. And never let anyone, by word or deed, imply that it is.