When I grew up , I have seen all babies drink milk from their mother . So I had thought that it is very natural for mothers to give milk . After delivery , since I had a c section my baby did not latch from me . I tried and tried for several days and I could see was my baby crying her lungs out and all elders criticizing me and my breast for not producing milk
I tried pumping and i just got few drops of milk each time. Baby was crying many nights and I was stressed as so many guests were at house and house was too chaotic . Atlast one day i said enough is enough . Out of the stress that elders created in name of rituals , even the drop of milk flowing stopped. I felt like I failed as a mother
I started feeling very frustrated about it . However one day a simple thought came to my mind . May be it was meant to be so . May be i should give up as I have tried my best and my heart knew that . So with that in mind , I started forgiving myself and started giving formula milk for my baby
For several months after that too , whenever I saw a baby drinking milk from mother , my heart ached that my baby missed getting that nutrition . I used to get furious thinking about people who gave me stress . Today I have overcome that feeling after several years but I wish that all elders to give stressfree environment to new mothers and be kind enough to new mothers and treat them well
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