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• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 48 >> She describes her let-down and the reassurance that she gets from knowing that her milk is there.

Apprehensive at first about not feeding straight after the birth and then positioning baby at the breast. No problems thereafter. Managing gradual weaning.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 49 >> Understanding her let-down reflex and how it worked helped her to mimic the baby's action when expressing breastmilk.

Caesarean section, cracked nipples, blocked ducts and mastitis. Breastfed exclusively for 26 weeks before introducing finger foods. Trying to cut out night feeds.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 50 >> Pain in her hands, wrists and pelvis was due to poor positioning. Feeding twins was a physical drain. Breastfeeding made her thinking 'fuzzy'.

Exclusively breastfeeding twins with a toddler in the house. First child almost rejected the breast at three months. Mother's comfort (cushions essential) and positioning the baby/babies at the breast important.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 38 >> Breastfeeding did not change her figure too much but it changed the way that she thought about her figure.

Breastfed - almost exclusively, only just beginning solid food at one year. Sleepy baby with jaundice, occasional blocked duct. Baby shares mother's bed. Support group important.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 12 >> She knew that if she was breastfeeding continuously she would not get pregnant. She was told that the oral contraceptive pill would not affect her bre

Breastfeeding wonderful, easy. Demand fed even when baby was in an incubator after becoming jaundiced. Encourages other women in her role as breastfeeding support worker. Breastfed through Ramadan.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 30 >> She describes her let-down as a tingling feeling and the sensation of breastfeeding as pleasurable.

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 15-19 >> Interview 32 >> She started taking the pill that is compatible with breastfeeding when her baby was three weeks old because she didn't trust the contraceptive effect

Really enjoying child-led breastfeeding. Supportive partner, family and friends. "Give it a go to see if it works for you" she says. Slight engorgement, copious milk supply.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 25 >> Breastfeeding was physically demanding and she was keen to begin exercising again to maintain her fitness. She was keen to reclaim her body after the

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 30-34 >> Interview 14 >> She did not want to take methadone or Prozac while she was breastfeeding and preferred to use natural methods to withdraw from drugs.

Talks about "natural" birth and breastfeeding; pressure from Social Services and health professionals to conform to expected behaviours; conflicting advice, prolonged breastfeeding and the difficulties of weaning a toddler.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 20-24 >> Interview 16 >> Finding the correct position took a lot of trial and error and the help of a lactation consultant. She described how to tell a correct attachment and

Baby in Special Care, fed expressed breast milk via tube, syringe & cup. Problems at home, slow weight gain, mixed feeding. Support from lactation consultant for five months.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 11 >> Her fourteen week old son is hungrier for some feeds than others, feeds more frequently in the evening and comes off when he has finished.

Baby wouldn't latch on so fed expressed breastmilk through a syringe for first three days. Delaying return to work to spend more time with baby.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 34 >> Her periods returned early after her son's birth but she has not conceived. She gets irritable with breastfeeding around the time of her period.

Caesarean section, daughter in special care, thrush, continued to breastfeed because the baby had an infection. Long-term breastfeeding with her son also.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 07 >> She wondered if she could become pregnant while breastfeeding and, if she did, what effect continued breastfeeding would have on the pregnancy.

Attended antenatal classes, enjoying demand breastfeeding which has been convenient and easy apart from one bout of mastitis. Pregnant again and thinking about weaning at one year.