Today, on the San Diego Breastfeeding Center blog, I'm honored to share Fakiha Khan's memoir about her battle with Insufficient Glandular Tissue. If you would like to submit your story as well, please email me at robinkaplan@sdbfc.com. Thank you so much, Fakiha, for sharing your story with us! It's stories like yours that make me want to be the best mom I can be!
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When my son was born 2 and 1/2 years ago, I wanted nothing more than to be able to breastfeed him. He was in the NICU for a week after he was born, and I really did not get to nurse him until he was a week old. By that point, he had trouble latching on, and my milk just was not coming in. For the next five weeks, I did what I could. I tried to nurse him every hour and a half, I pumped, I took herbs, and I finally went to see a lactation consultant.