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In the beginning
Hello ladies,
New here...looking for your stories and insights.
My story - My hubby and I were just matched - baby is due in July. This winter we lost our second baby who I had begun pumping for, hoping for a long but successful NICU stay. After she died, I decided to continue pumping just to see how far I would get...knowing adopting was our next step...hoping that at the very least I could store my colostrum. Things have gone better than I ever could have dreamed and I now have gallons and gallons stored (Fenugreek since 2 weeks postpartum and pumping 7-9x/day all along - I can't begin to describe how much this has benefited my grieving). Now I am hoping for the ideal and would love to maintain my current full milk supply, store what I have in hopes of donating once I'm sure I'll have maintained a full supply until we have our July baby.
Now that we are matched, I am wondering what your experiences were like with your birth moms for those of you who had/have any kind of relationships with them as far as breastfeeding. Did you discuss it before baby was born? After? Never? How did things occur in the hospital if you were there for delivery or after baby was born?
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