Happy Breast Feeding Week…Calmbirth Educator Aimee Sing shares her breast-feeding journey with us. Part 2

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Happy world breastfeeding week!!

This is the second post in my breastfeeding journey series Hamish’s breastfeeding journey!

Ahhh little Hamishy! He was the first baby I could get to latch directly to my breast, and with that came the most incredibly intense pain I think I’ve ever experienced Hamish was born at 40 weeks on the dot, a beautiful home waterbirth where I felt I reclaimed my power and autonomy Pulling him from the water was the most surreal experience of my life, and then breastfeeding him for the first time (first photo) was absolutely surreal as well. But it did hurt, right from the beginning – it felt like sandpaper every time he sucked and like someone stabbing a needle through my nipple in between (hi vasospasm).

Happy Breast Feeding Week…Calmbirth Educator Aimee Sing shares her breast-feeding journey with us. Part 1

by | motherhood

Happy world breastfeeding week!

I’ve shared bits and pieces about my breastfeeding journeys in the past, but I’m unsure I’ve done so with much detail more recently. A fellow lactation consultant (IBCLC) shared about her own journey recently and it helped me recognise just how important it is to understand the philosophy and background of the people you’re following, especially if you’re seeking support from them . I’m not sure I’ve given people much of a chance to do that in recent years! So here goes, I’m going to share a bit about each of my children’s breastfeeding journeys.

Advocating for your birth because your birth matters!

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Birth. It can be so unpredictable, incredible, transformative, inspiring…it serves as such a huge catalyst for growth for so many of us! For some, it is the time when we find or rediscover our voices, we learn to navigate a system in an entirely new way. For others it can be a time of what feels like powerlessness; a lack of control or unwinding of plans. Ultimately, in any scenario, it is up to us as the individuals to take back our power, advocate for what we want and need, for what we believe is best for us and our babies. Control what we can, surrender to the rest

Getting To Know Calmbirth Educator Aimee Sing

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Aimee Sing is a doula, lactation consultant (IBCLC), researcher, infant massage and baby yoga practitioner and mum to 3 beautiful children. She lives in the beautiful Blue Mountains, where she was born and now raises her own young family. 

She says, “I am a self-confessed birth nerd, having fallen in love with all things pregnancy and birth during my first birth journey, and believe that unbiased information and support are the keys to positive pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences. I’ve supported hundreds of women throughout their pregnancy, birth and postnatal periods, and in my lactation work, have spent thousands of hours providing mother-to-mother support with compassion and empathy.