Trying to breastfeed, but it's not working. With Kerry from La Leche League

Here We Go Again with Stacey Solomon

Global

Kids & Family

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Stacey so desperately wanted to breastfeed her new born Rex. She wanted to feel the skin to skin relationship and the wholesome bond of nourishing her baby with her milk. But Stacey discovered that something wasn't quite right. And as time went by, breastfeeding became harder and more painful. Her milk flow became interrupted, her breasts became engorged and felt like they were on fire. Stacey felt terrible when she decided to stop her attempts to feed, and has always blamed herself. But in this episode, with Kerry from La Leche League, who's volunteers help mothers like Stacey with breastfeeding difficulties, we discover that things may not be as they seem. What if there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for what went wrong? Imagine the relief Stacey would feel. You can hear this incredible emotional and fascinating exchange between Stacey and Kerry from La Leche League right now. Listen and subscribe now, to Here We Go Again on Global Player, or wherever you get your podcasts! And if this episode affects you or someone you know, be sure to contact La Leche League for further information, details below: Twitter/Insta/FB/Web @StaceySolomon @LLLGB https://www.laleche.org.uk Thanks to Google, the sponsors of this podcast, we’ll be talking about internet safety and ways that we can help children become safe and confident explorers of the online world. Find out more about their programme Be Internet Legends here - https://beinternetlegends.withgoogle.com/en_uk/. Or check out the Family Link App here - https://families.google.com/intl/en_uk/familylink/.

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0:00.0	This is a global original podcast.
0:06.0	Welcome to my podcast. Here we go again. I'm Stacey Solomon and in this podcast I'm going to be looking at the honest reality of motherhood. I think so often we see motherhood painted in this picture by society that isn't often the truth or at least doesn't show it from every angle.
0:23.2	I think there's a lot of mum's out there, myself included, who know that it's really not
0:27.2	that easy being a parent and it's extremely tough and pushes you right to the edge, both
0:32.2	physically and mentally.
0:33.7	In this series, I'm going to dive deep into struggles with post-nature depression, mum guilt, sleep deprivation, the highs and lows of being a mum and everything in between.
0:44.6	As you guys know, we had our baby Rexy four months ago and it's been a challenging time to say the least.
0:52.9	Today's podcast is going to be centred a lot around breastfeeding and my struggles with breastfeeding.
0:58.2	And I'm joined today by Kerry from Lelichet.
1:01.6	So Lalecée is a breastfeeding charity which supports women if they're really struggling
1:06.4	to try and help them find their feet with breastfeeding.
1:08.8	I'm hoping she's going to answer all of my crazy questions today.
1:12.7	And also talk me through where she thinks that things could have been better handled
1:18.3	or differently handled is a better way of putting it.
1:21.3	And basically, hopefully get some answers from you, Kerry.
1:28.9	So I will start from the very beginning.
1:32.2	I gave birth and I really wanted, just all the way through my pregnancy, I thought I really
1:36.6	want to breastfeed this time.
1:37.6	I don't want to sterilise.
1:38.7	I just want to whack my boob out and for some reason I just got it into my head that it's,
1:43.8	it was something I really wanted to do.
1:45.4	I didn't feel that way of my second. I breastfed my first because I felt a real societal
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