Hi, welcome to the badass breastfeeding podcast.

This is Diane, your lactation consultant.

And I'm Abby, the badass breastfeater.

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more from our sponsors. But right now, Diane has our review of the week. I have our review

of the week. And this came from an email that was sent in. And she says, hi, Abby and

Diane. I love your podcast. You've helped me become more informed, confident, and empowered in my

breastfeeding journey. I was induced with my son at 37 weeks due to high maternal blood pressure.

I got thrown with a random OB for my 37 week appointment appointment, and she swept my membranes without asking

when I was only one centimeter dilated, which led to jump-starting labor before my body and my baby

was ready. I had such a traumatic birth experience between being told that I had to get an epidural to

keep my baby safe and receiving magnesium citrate, which made me so sick, labor and delivery was not at all what I had in mind.

So my son was born with low blood sugar and had difficult time latching, so they pushed formula on me,

even though I made it very clear I was determined to exclusively breastfeed.

I tried to see the lactation consultants at the hospital and kept being pushed off and told that it's a weekend,

and there were too many babies born for them to keep up with, which was extremely discouraging to say the least.

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