Jankee Parekh Instagram – #LongPostAlert It’s world breast feeding week and I could honestly write a thesis on it but let me just share my story in a nutshell. My single biggest victory in my journey postpartum has been breastfeeding, and I won’t shy away from saying that I am so proud of myself. Proud of not giving up, of believing in the power of my body & mind, of not being influenced by the voices around me. My initial 40 days post partum were such a challenge. There was a lot of self doubt. Is my body producing enough milk? Why is he still crying? Is it because he is still hungry? His acid reflux didn’t help either. He would puke whatever milk he would have and then cry again. I tried and tried. Also had meltdowns every couple of days. And whilst I was dealing with this, there were times when my househelp and nanny would unknowingly pass statements that would demoralise me. ‘Baby ko shayad dhodh nahi mil raha hai’ or ‘Ab Sufi ko bottle zyaada pasand hai, iske liye ro raha hai.’ Hearing these lines every other day, created even more self doubt. I always wanted to exclusively breastfeed my child since the very beginning but it seemed like a far fetched dream at that point. Having said that, I was determined to reverse this completely! The first thing I did was politely shut the voices around me. Next, I did everything in my capacity to increase my supply. Had litres and litres of water everyday, supplements, and most importantly positive affirmations to myself. I kept calm when I fed Sufi even if he was crying and constantly reminded myself that my body is producing enough milk and more for my baby. Up until now I was supplementing Sufi with formula milk, but slowly and steadily things began to change and by a month and a half I managed to achieve what I had envisioned for my child⭐️ Today, he is not only breastfed exclusively but I have also managed to fill up my freezer with a sufficient stash of expressed milk. It took sometime but together we made it happen. [ Continued in comments & carousel {Swipe left} ] . . #WorldBreastFeedingWeek #womensupportingwomen #breastfeedingmom #WBW2021 #breastfeedingjourney #breastmilk #breastfedbaby #SufiandMaa