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Breastfeeding After C-Section: 9 Tips

2015/08 By Lauren B. Stevens Leave a Comment

I ugly cried the day my midwife told me that I would need a C-section. After months of inversions, a rebozo and chiropractics, my little guy still wouldn’t budge. I’ll be honest, I was devastated and terrified. Not only would I not get my out-of-hospital birth, but I’d be having major surgery (while awake), with the possibility of complications as well as the possibility that I would be unable to breastfeed.

The more I read on the internet, the more fearful I became. My word of advice? Stay away from the internet if you find out you have to have a C-section! And if you are going to read all you can on the internet beforehand, make sure you read my uplifting and informative piece, Caesarean Section Words of Wisdom.

Breastfeeding after C-section -- it is possible to have a long and rewarding breastfeeding relationship with your baby after a Caesarean birth!

Don’t mind the myriad of articles you see around the internet, saying that you’ll be unable to breastfeed after your C-section. I am a testament to the fact that you can have a long and rewarding breastfeeding relationship with your baby after a Caesarean birth. In fact, my son nursed like a champ for 21 months (despite going through sleep training at 9 months old). In fact, I feel pretty confident that you’ll be reading my piece, 10 Signs You’re Ready to Stop Breastfeeding, at some point down the road!

Again, I was presented with an amazing opportunity, to write about a topic in which I had a great deal of experience, when Care.com wanted to post an article about breastfeeding after a C-section. I consulted several lactation consultants, each of whom were kind enough to lend their expertise, and the result was a total of 9 tips for a successful breastfeeding relationship after a Caesarean section.

If you’re interested reading my piece, it can be found on Care.com: Breastfeeding After C-Section: 9 Things You Should Know




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Caesarean Section (C-Section) Words of Wisdom

2014/05 By Lauren B. Stevens 16 Comments

Featured on BlogHer.com

So, you’re having a caesarean section.  If you were planning for a different type of birth experience, do not despair.  I can remember how devastated I was when I found out that I would be unable to have my out-of-hospital natural birth — I cried for a couple of weeks.  I had spent almost ten months envisioning a beautiful water birth, the final four months trying everything but moxibustion to get my little guy turned, and the final verdict was that he was not budging (cramped space in the one-half of my bicornuate uterus where he resided was to blame); a caesarean section it would be.

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Lauren B. Stevens is a former publishing rep-turned-writer, whose work can be found on ChildVantage, The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy and Care.com, among many other websites. When she's not chasing her precocious preschooler, Lauren pens hilarious and heartwarming stories about her life as a mother, ghostwrites blogs for businesses, and sometimes even finds the time to write a bit of creative non-fiction.
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