i still need a champion / cheerleader
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If you PM her I'm sure she will be happy to help.This exclusively pumping is hardwork but i think iam getting there is there anybody that would like to be my supporter
but I also think Sarah88 would be a good champ for you. Can you PM her and make contact?I just have a quick question:
Saturday night I came down with a temperature and sore boob and figured I had a blocked duct. I've had it before (this pg and the last) but it went away quite quickly - first time I pumped it away and felt better within an hour, second time I massaged and although my temp came down quickly my boob was still sore for a day, but I thought that was likely because i was massaging very firmly.
This time was a bit different - no amount of massaging, hot compresses, frequent feeds, pumping shifted it and Saturday night & all day Sunday I was running a fever and boobie was killing me. I was all set to go to the doctors Monday morning, but I woke at 5am covered in sweat but feeling normal, and my temp had gone back down. Boob was still a bit sore.
My worry is that although I feel fine, could I still have a problem? I keep feeling my boob to see if it's soft like the other one and I'm feeling it so much I'm making it soreAlso all the frequent feeds from that side have meant it's slightly larger than the other now and so feels harder when full, which gets me panicky a bit. So do you think that if I don't have a temp/rash I should be ok, and what's the best way to even up the old joanna's again? I can only relieve the bigger one by feeding from that side and I'm afraid to leave it and focus more on the other one in case the problem comes back. Does that make sense? Sorry, I feel I haven't put this into words very well!
. As for the feeding i just kept offering both boobs at each feed and they just sorted themselves out. As it is my daughter now prefers the other boob (the one i didn't have mastisis in) anyway. think it took 2 maybe 3 weeks to sort out .i still need a champion / cheerleader
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Ellie - How about Toria? She's down under relactation
. i have a 2 yr old daughter called faith who i breastfed for about 3 weeks. i didnt really have a great reason to stop bf, u could say i just gave up as i couldnt handle the sore nipples and i had trouble positioning her where she could latch on properly 
i didnt have any support at all last time (my oh tried but he never really got involved with the bf aspect, he tried to be supportive but instead of telling me not to give up he went along with anything i wanted to do which meant we gave her formula) so im hoping itll make a big difference that i found bnb this time : i expressed milk and gave it to her in a bottle before we went onto formula but i just didnt have the patience to keep it up. we tried combination feeding but in the end i just gave up and put her fully on formula. it was the worst decision i have ever made. i regret it more than anything in the world. (im not saying ff is bad by saying that but i was determined she would have my milk for at least a few months and the only reason she didnt was because i was lazy and didnt try as hard as i shouldve) i feel like i let her down 
and tbh theres a part of me that feels guilty about being so determined to bf these 2 as i feel like im giving them preferential treatment to her iykwim. i have big ol boobies too which made it a bit tricky with dd and i think that was a main factor in me giving up bf with her. she would only feed from my right breast and would scream the place down if i put her to my left breast. i had to feed her lying down as i just couldnt position her properly if i was sitting up. every feed was done lying down and no matter what time of day it was i would fall asleep when she was feeding and i have large breasts so was constantly worried i would cover her face while i was asleep and she was feeding. i already have a pump and im getting some nipple cream this week and oh got me a nursing chair so im trying to prepare myself as best i can. i stopped wearing underwired bras straight away aswell so as not to interupt the development of my milk.
I would talk to your OH and really get him on board this time. Tell him how important it is to you, and how you felt about stopping with your first LO. I found my DH's support to be sooooo valuable, and it really helped keep me going when times were the hardest. Good luck hun!!!
No more blockages - I think my left boob is still bigger, but not noticeably so. Thanks for checking up on me! 
