‘It came as a bit of a shock to me” -TV Presenter, Stacey Solomon Who Welcomed 3rd Child After 7 Years Delivers Honest Post About Her Struggles As A New Mom
Can one ever talk extensively enough about motherhood and all that it entails?! The emotions experienced in motherhood are complicated; as such, it is safely safe to refer to it as a pack of emotional roller coaster. It is a whole lot and no mom can ever get a hold of it swiftly.
Mum-of-three, Stacey Solomon has shared a candid Instagram post about her struggles as a new mom.
In the honest post, the Loose Women Star, who welcomed her third child on 24th May, admitted she’s struggling breastfeeding her newborn son for the first time, comparing the experience to her other two children.
The 29-year-old who is also mum to 11-year-old Zachary and seven-year-old Leighton from previous relationships, took to Instagram to share a candid make-up free selfie of her breastfeeding her weeks old baby, jokingly admitting he could not ‘latch onto her Pepperami nipples.’
Alongside the picture the new mom wrote:
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”Trying to smile ???? This is my face every time he latches on ???? I didn’t breastfeed Leighton and I don’t remember 11 years ago with Zach so it came as a bit of a shock to me when my feeding experience wasn’t blissful breast time and expressing pints of milk in between!
After not mastering the latch that leaving my boobs engorged and my nipples feeling like they’d been rubbed on sandpaper I think we are finally getting there. I’ve been milked by just about every health visitor and breastfeeding specialist around (for which I am eternally grateful) and my baby can finally get his tiny mouth around, what Zach and Leighton call, my Pepperami nipples!
We still haven’t mastered it yet and we might never master it – that’s ok too. I just thought for anyone out there struggling or who struggled to breastfeed that it’s perfectly OK, there’s nothing wrong with you, and you’re doing amazingly. All things I’ve struggled to believe at times.
It’s so wonderful to see people’s happy breastfeeding pictures and amazing expressing photos – I love them, but from somebody who is lucky to express 10ml if not dust when I put a pump on I would have loved to see some different experiences too.
Here’s to making it work no matter what way round you do it! Breast or bottle, Mammas, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE! ????????.”
Friends and fans flooded the comment section to praise the new mum.
One said: ”Sending you all the love Stacey xxx breast or bottle, home birth or hospital, falafel for tea every night or fish fingers – who cares? What matters is children are LOVED! Xxxxxxxx.”
Another added: ”Well done you gorgeous, gorgeous mama!! You are a superstar and you’re so right! All you mums are doing a bloody great job! ????????????????????.”
A third mom commented: ”Amazing you’re shedding light on this for others ???? I had a similar experience.. 5 weeks I tortured myself until I had to give up.. feeling you have failed as a mother,because no one tells you latching on issues exist. Please don’t give yourself a hard time hunny. Your babies love you, no matter how you feed them. Sending love.xx????.”
Stacey announced she was pregnant with her first child with Joe Swash in February.