what is it like to breastfeed?

Answer 1

its a strange sensation.. just nothing else to compare it with...
you can feel the milk flowing down inside.. it is a sort of warming sensation.
also the actual sucking can be ticklish as well as painful.. my son was a human vacuum.. I had to ween him quick because he was taking way too much and actually creating blisters around my nipple area..

Answer 2

I breasfeed the first few days because the the colostrum(not sure that is the right spelling) is a richer milk and has much nutrition after that it is normal milk and just as good as formula.
It's different feeling for different Moms and depends upon the baby some take to the feeding from you easily and as they drink the fullness in your breast is relieved. Which is great because once you give birth it really does hurt.
I literally bled with with one, because the baby was just very hungry and then I had to stop. So back to bottles. The best thing about breastfeeding is the relief of the heaviness and no bottles to wash. The worse part nobody can feed the baby but you unless you expell the milk into a bottle ahead of time meanwhile the Dad never gets to feed the baby and he never gets close.

Answer 3

First of all, assume the baby is latched on correctly (boy, did I learn that one the hard way!). After the first month or so of weird sensations from not painful pins and needles ranging to pain that makes you rip off your top, certain there must be blood but there isn't. Too many moms give up at this point. But here's what they won't find out... IT GETS REALLY GOOD! Once you and baby become a well-practiced nursing team, you may find it extremely pleasurable. Think about how making babies happens so much because it feels good... well, feeding babies works the same way. Bear through the first month, it is totally worth it

Answer 4

As a sensation, it's basically having your breast sucked but without any ****** connection. Before I nursed, I found nursing women were beautiful, but I used to be turned off by those who nursed too long. I thought maybe they were enjoying it. Since nursing, I can see there's nothing ****** in it at all. It's part of the miracle of mothering, I guess. It's amazing to be able to experience how something can be 100 ****** with a man and 100 mothering with a baby. It's not 50/50; it's not even 99/1. It's a mystery.
Unless you nurse, you'll never understand. It's kind of like phantom foot with diabetics who lose a foot and still wake up wanting to put their socks on; it's a strange mystery unbelievable except to those who experience it.
If you're a mother I hope you chose to experience it. My first son who was nursed and formula fed, but not nursed enough gets allergies, asthma and too many colds that last too long. My second who is still nursing at 15 months hasn't been sick for more than a few hours since he was a month old. At one month he got seriously sick, but nothing since. Even colds which I spend a week fighting with mega-doses of vitamin C he seems to get rid of in a matter of hours; It might just be that he is coincidentally strong and a fighter, but I think it has to do with his being nursed.

Answer 5

Hi there. Breastfeeding is an amazing experience that will try your understanding of yourself while it will make you grow in ways you never imagined. Initially, breastfeeding will hurt (and this also means you're doing it right) because the nipple is not used to the strong suction. I bled and cracked, and it was awful, but each time I pulled my baby close, I looked at her and thought "You're worth it". After a month or so, it got a lot better as my nipples adapted, and now it's pleasurable to feed her. The best is when I've been away at work, and we reconnect; she immediately wants to nurse. I pull her close, and she starts feeding, and I feel so loved and needed. At her age--7 months-- she loves to push her face into my chest and run her hands over my breast. And in a very NON-SEXUAL way, I feel connected with her. My eldest daughter is now 9, and she was nursed until she was 13 months; we are sooo close, and she almost never gets sick. Painful--even dreadful at times--in the beginning, but well worth it, for you and for your baby.

Answer 6

i think it is an amazing feeling knowing that YOU are ultimately providing your child the nutrients in the first, most needed time in their life. it can really help with the bonding between the two of you also. there are downfalls though. sometimes women "dry up" like i did. or the baby just won't take and that is really heartbreaking. at first it does tend to hurt a bit but the pain was worth it to me because of the special time i was able to spend with my child.

Answer 7

I thought it was funny! My kids only breastfed for a few weeks... they drained me... I had to use a nipple shield because they wouldnt get on properly and it was crazy.... the shield would be like a plunger on my boob so it tickled/ hurt/ and pulled all at the same time. The weirdest part is feeling the milk being sucked from your body.

Answer 8

Breastfeeding would form a close bond between mother and child. It also is beneficial to the child because mother's milk is nutritious and safe. The first milk colostrum that comes out of the breast is rich in antibodies to combat diseases.

Answer 9

it's like being part of the natural world, it's amazing, it's wonderful, it's blissful. to give your child exactly what he needs for the strongest intellect and body and bonding possible is heady stuff.

Answer 10

will never know
but u will get the big boobs u always wanted