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• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 33 >> Her exhaustion affected her milk supply. She needed to call on family support and slow down. She said that breastfeeding was physical but also psychol

Water birth, easy breastfeeding with first child. Sleep deprivation and mastitis with second. Weaning to bottle at six months in order to go back to work.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 24 >> She had an abundant milk supply, frequent bouts of mastitis and occasional blocked ducts. She discusses the symptoms, solutions and causes.

Ceasarean section with first baby, nipple shields, abundant milk supply, mastitis. Has breastfed toddlers and tandem fed new baby with toddler.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 30 >> She had several ways to relieve engorgement, including feeding the baby, having a hot shower, massaging her breasts and hand expressing some milk.

Enjoyed breastfeeding, few difficulties, support network extremely important to her especially family, friends and the breastfeeding support group, La Leche League.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 25 >> She began expressing to deal with engorgement and mastitis and continued to do so for six months. Expressing built up her milk supply beyond what her

Special Care separation from 1st baby emotionally difficult. Got into cycle of engorgement, expressing, mastitis, too much milk for six months. Has not expressed for second baby.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 51 >> Not attaching her first baby on properly led to later problems. She learned how to do it and had no problems with her other three. She says that breas

Latching-on problems with first baby leading to cracked nipples, engorgement & mastitis. Good milk supply. Joined breastfeeding support group. No problems with next three babies.