I finished my breastfeeding peer support volunteer training today so ask me about benefits of breast milk vs formula, skin to skin, positions, latch, let down, milk production, nutrition, immunity, blocked ducts, engorgement, mastitis, thrush, co-sleeping and I MIGHT be able to help you out!
📷: @tayneetinsley
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The fourth trimester is almost over and I can’t believe this little ratbag was still inside of me 12 weeks ago. He dictates my every waking moment (and my sleeping moments as I wake in a panic when I can’t hear him grunting, snoring, snuffling or tossing and turning beside me) and is the only person in the world to enjoy my singing. I’m starting to feel more like myself, physically and mentally, these days. I still have my mum tum, which I am maintaining with a constant supply of cake and biscuits, and yesterday I even managed to dye my hair for the first time in 4/5 months (I mean, it looks dreadful but 🤷♀️). I’m getting out of the house most days and as everyone promised, the periods between feeding and shitting are getting longer which means we can actually DO STUFF in the real world. However, it turns out that the real world can be pretty scary when you’re a grown up with a tiny baby and you don’t really know anyone else who is also a grown up with a tiny baby. Alongside learning how to be a mum, I’m also learning how to make friends all over again in my mid thirties. Admitting you’re lonely to a stranger over coffee while discussing birth stories is not something I thought would be one of the challenges I’d face and it has forced me to become vulnerable, resilient and more confident than I thought I could ever be. #rudywilson #fourthtrimester #12weeksold #postpartum #postpartumbody #babywearing #motherhood #baby #feministparenting
