As the mother, you know if the latch is working or not. Anyone can look at your baby breastfeeding and say, “That latch looks good!” or “There is a problem with the way your baby is latching.” Why do these observations not mean anything? Because it doesn’t matter what it looks like to someone else. There is a problem with looking at “the latch”. Thankfully my husband finally said to me, “Meg don’t worry about it! He is obviously latched on fine.” Once I heard those words I never thought about it again. Taking him off and re-latching a few times each feed until I felt as though it looked right. For the next 24 hours I fretted and fussed over his latch. How about you ask me how it feels and if I’m concerned instead of stating it’s not right.” But I didn’t say those words.
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I didn’t know how to articulate what I wanted to say…”Actually, the latch is perfect. I was twenty two and had only been a mum for a few weeks. Yet put a new baby in the mix and I fell apart. I was not afraid to say what I felt and was confident in my decisions. I was always such a strong, aggressive woman.
I had no nipple damage or pain…yet with that one little sentence I panicked. I immediately panicked! I thought breastfeeding was going so well! He was peeing, pooping, growing and seemed pretty content. “He is not latched on right” the child health nurse said.
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