I’m a mom of three and I breastfed with success before so it never occurred to me that I would have so much difficulty with my third child.

Mamma-wees vir die eerste keer en borsvoed vir die eerste keer het my dieper geraak as wat ek ooit kon voorstel. Dis die mooiste mooi...

My son, was born prematurely at 32 weeks, weighing 2.1kgs. He went to the NICU for oxygen and I started expressing my milk immediately.

I don't know what made me do it but I offered my breast again and he instantly latched on and started sucking.

I prepared a lot for the birth but wasn’t worried about the breastfeeding as I thought I knew what I needed to do to successfully breastfeed

Nursing during those first weeks was dreadful: a painful latch, friction on my C-section scar and then there was the mastitis.

From the minute we found out we were expecting another little miracle I decided I would do whatever it takes to breastfeed.