Fellow Mamas Share Their Breastfeeding Stories – Read ‘Em and Weep!
(Or Laugh, or Learn)

Whether it was some hilarious moment shared about breastfeeding in public or asking for tips for different breastfeeding problems, nothing beats hearing first-hand accounts from other moms who have been there.

My readers have so many breastfeeding stories to share, and have asked me for a place to tell their tales. I firmly believe one of the best ways to learn is from other people, so here’s where you’ll find some of the best breastfeeding stories other moms have shared with me – and now, with you, too!

What’s amazing is that these lactation stories are from around the globe – further proof that, in some regards, motherhood is the same no matter where you live.

We all share a common goal: To nourish our children with our milk, and help them to be healthier, happier babies for it.

(And honestly, it doesn’t help that we get so much joy and satisfaction out of nursing them either, does it?)

I hope you’ll add our own breastfeeding stories so that other moms can learn from your experience, share in the beauty of breastfeeding – or at the very least, get a well-needed laugh when they most need it!

Please remember that these breastfeeding stories are advice from our readers and not experts. Before following any advice in these breastfeeding stories double check it with your doctor first. It just makes sense. Enjoy the read!

Funny Breastfeeding Stories: Need a good laugh?

Awkward comments from family members? Check!

Leaking breasts at inopportune times? Yep!

Breastfeeding wardrobe malfunctions? Indeed!

Read on for some hilarious breastfeeding stories – then add your own and share a giggle with your fellow breastfeeding mamas!

Grandpa's Enthusiastic About Breastfeeding
Salt Lake City, Utah USABy L.R.L.

My husband's grandfather was a general practitioner in a small rural town for about thirty five years. During that time he's delivered many babies, and worked with many new mothers.

Because of this, he really believes in the "if you've seen one(or in this case two), you've seen them all".

I had met him when my husband and I got married, and saw him at different family events during our early years of marriage. When our first was born, Grandpa decided he wanted to help me get prepared for the baby.

At Thanksgiving, he grabbed a decorative gourd centerpiece from the table, took his napkin, and using the stem of the gourd to represent my nipple, he showed me how to "rough" the nipple using the napkin in order to "toughen up" for the baby. I know Grandpa had the kindest of intentions, but this was awkward for me!

Years later, at a relative's house, Grandpa was there, and my sister in law was breastfeeding. He called my daughter over to see. "Ellie - wanna see how the baby gets her nummies?"

To this day, whenever someone breastfeeds around my husband's siblings, we always ask each other (as a joke) if everyone wants to see how the baby gets her nummies.

Wanna see how the baby gets her nummies?

Inspirational Breastfeeding Stories

From breastfeeding stories you never expected to those that might even draw a tear to your eye, here are some of the most beautiful moments that breastfeeding moms have shared.

I hope you’ll add in your own experience to help remind other moms what an amazing bond we all share as nursing mothers.

Breastfeeding in Public

When my son was eight weeks old, I went back to school in the evenings and started preparing to go back to work, so I started leaving my son for a little bit longer at a time so he could get used to his caregiver and also get used to taking pumped breastmilk from a bottle.

However, this meant that I had to make sure to pump when I was going to be away from home for more than 2-3 hours. This led to some crazy pumping places, like empty classrooms at school and department store restrooms, but those are other breastfeeding stories.

One of the first times I left my son, I made plans to spend an afternoon meeting my friend and shopping. We planned to be gone for just under three hours, so I did not bring my portable breastpump. I did come armed with several fresh breast pads, so I thought I would be good to go even if I did leak a little bit. Just as we were nearing the end of our shopping trip, my friend and I decided to stop for a drink at the coffee shop on the way out of the mall. We sat down with our drinks, and just then, a woman came into the shop carrying her baby boy, who was about the same age as my son.

He was being very fussy, and after a minute or two, he started sobbing. Immediately, my milk let down with a vengeance and I ended up with two dark, drenched spots over both breasts. The milk soaked through the pad, my bra, my shirt, and a sweater! I learned my lesson from then on, and when I was started to get even the slightest bit full, I avoided crying babies like the plague!!

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Breastfeeding Problems

My son was born 8 weeks early. The day he was born, he could breathe on his own and latch on. But they put a tube into his stomach to feed him that way just to make sure he was getting fed adequate amounts.

I began to pump every 3 hours and bring my milk into the hospital. It is all they fed him while he was growing in his incubator. He was a strong little baby and could feed on his own after 10 days. I began trying to latch him on to the breast again. He would latch on and immediately fall asleep. I kept pumping and feeding him bottles of breast milk.

He came home after two weeks. I really wanted to get him on the breast so he didn't continue to be used to the bottle. I didn't want him to have to transfer to formula because I was aware of all the benefits of breastfeeding such as better emotional, physical, and mental development.

I wanted a chance to have that bonding experience with my son. I kept trying but for 2 months; he would latch on and get no more that three sucks before falling asleep. I became very frustrated with this. I would cry and think he didn't like me. I had the "baby blues" so I took it personally. It was very hard but I'm not the kind of person to give up. Once he was three months old, he could breastfeed like a pro. I was so proud of him. I was so happy to see him growing and maturing like he should. In his first year of life he didn't once get sick more than a snotty nose. This kid had a great immune system and grew wonderfully. I think this is due to the breast milk.

Sometimes I see moms who say they want to breastfeed and will do anything to make sure it happens. Two weeks later they quit because they say it is too hard. I think these kind of women are selfish and lazy. They cannot stick it out for the best of their child. To me that is sad. So many people would be so much healthier if they had breastfed as babies. I wish society would accept this form of infant feeding again. There used to be a time when this was the optimal thing to do. It's a shame we have made breastfeeding an embarrassing part of life. No woman should ever feel bad for breastfeeding her child.

My advice to women attempting to breastfeed is never give up. No matter how bad it gets or how exhausted you are, do not give up. It may take months, but it is worth it. It is a bonding experience like no other. I would never take back breastfeeding my son.

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Post-birth Experience Breastfeeding Stories

I Wish Someone Had Told Me…

As a first time mom, I had a lot to learn about breastfeeding. In hindsight, a lot of it should probably have been obvious, but to the uninitiated, well, it was all a mystery.

The day my milk first came in, I was really excited. I broke open my box of nursing pads and got out my nursing bra, and I worked and worked harder with my son to get the latch and positioning right now that I was making "real milk".

That night, I had a strange dream that our bed was a water bed and had a leak. It was one of those strange dreams that hovers halfway between waking and sleeping and brings you closer and closer to being awake.

As I became aware of what was going on around me, I panicked because I was lying in a puddle of water! Going back to my recent pregnancy, I thought my water had broken... and then I thought I must be going through one of those crazy night sweats the nurse warned us about in the discharge class.

Finally, I realized what had happened: I was leaking breast milk all over. No one had thought to warn me (and I didn't make the connection myself) that I needed to keep these things covered both day AND night!

Despite the surprises here and there, being able to provide breast milk to my son for over a year now has been a great experience. I've been able to bond with him through it, and our doctor was amazed that we'd only been in for a total of three sick child visits in the first twelve months!

For moms interested in breastfeeding, I have two recommendations:

-First, set small goals for yourself and stick to them. When my son was born, I had set myself a goal to try breastfeeding him for at least the first six weeks. At the six week mark, I extended that to three months, and at three months, to six months, and so on. Having those goals carried me through sore nipples, blocked ducts, and seemingly endless cluster feeds.

-Second, get yourself a good pump. Nursing all the time is a great idea, but I didn't find it practical. Being able to have a bottle of pumped milk in the fridge that my husband could use to do one feeding a night would let me sleep for a four or five hour stretch, which helped my mental health, my physical health, and my milk production.

Thank you for reading our breastfeeding stories page. I hope you got as much from theses breastfeeding stories as I did. For more fun click on the links and read some really great contributions by the other visitors!

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