Actress, writer and comedian Amy Schumer is speaking out and giving a voice to what many new moms feel.
Learning how to breastfeed can be an extremely frustrating process.breastfeed In a recent interview on the podcast"I was pumping because I wanted him to get the colostrum," she said."I had a lactation expert; he [her son, Gene] didn't latch, and I just didn't feel that push to make that happen. I pumped for the first month or something and then I was like, not for me, this is not for me, I didn't want to do it.
She took away one pumping session per week to prepare her body and her son to switch to formula feeding full-time. "You matter," she said of moms choosing to stop breastfeeding and pumping when it doesn't work for them."It's going to better for your baby that you're OK."
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