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[ID] 588 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] It would be great if there were lactation consultants available at all hospitals and birthing centers, including water birthing centers. If I had had one at my disposal when I gave birth and started to nurse my baby, I'd probably still be breast feeding him. I didn't have that, so I didn't know what I was doing and during the time that I did nurse my baby, we fought every time I tried to nurse him. He would basically bite me constantly and I would have to either bare the pain, try to re-latch him or let him starve. It made us both very angry with each other, and I was ready to hurt him for hurting me, my version of postpartum depression, which was bad. Luckily my mother and husband were there to support me and help me and my baby through it. I have since been pumping daily to keep him fed and he is healthy and happy. We don't fight about feeding at all, which is great and he still gets his nutritional needs taken care of, but the bond that grows between mother and baby during nursing was cut very short in this instance. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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