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I'm curious about this too. Aside from my own insecurities about it, BFing my first was pretty much perfect. I really hope it goes as well with this second one.

Both had trouble gaining weight. Lo 1 i gave up after 2 weeks due to poor weight gain and being uneducated abput bfing. Lo 2 is nursing strong at 10.5 months after struggling with
Weight gain concerns for 7 months.
My second experience was harder but i was way more successful then with my first.

Hugely different. Was never able to BF E, so I pumped for a few months, then switched to formula (she spent a week in the NICU).

With T, it's been largely unproblematic aside from a TT we had clipped and a round of thrush before he was a month old. I had some pain and latch pain but it's largely dissipated at 8 weeks PP. At this point, I'm pleasantly surprised at how easy it is

I've been fortunate to have had great experiences with both. DD1 weaned at 19 months b/c I was pregnant with DD2. DD2 is 8 months and still going strong!

No. We had different issues both times

The first time I had mastitis, needed to use a nipple shield, and my DD1 often had nursing strikes. She would fuss and scream at the breast but never latch. Looking back, I am sure I could have used the knowledge I have now to properly address the striking, but at the time I had no idea why she was doing it. I would cry and cry and convince myself that she was starving. It was so stressful! I also had an oversupply and was able to successfully make a freezer stash.

With DD2 it was a whole new ball game. I had a better idea of what I was doing and was able to confidently nurse her with no nipple shield. But she had colic and food intolerances (gluten, dairy, soy) and had blood in her stool and just cried constantly, so nursing was definitely a struggle. I wasn't able to pump much and was never able to pump more than 2 oz at a time or make a freezer stash.