Jess Shears admits breastfeeding is "not easy".
The ‘Love Island’ star welcomed her first child into the world earlier this month with her husband Dom Lever and has admitted she has found breastfeeding difficult.
Sharing Stacey Solomon’s candid post about breastfeeding, she wrote on Instagram: "Every mum needs to read this! Breastfeeding is not easy and although I’m still managing it’s a weight off my shoulders knowing that it is ok if you can’t keep it up. Whatever is best for your baby is right and they will love you no matter what."
In her original post, Stacey admitted she felt like she "failed" when she couldn’t breastfeed.
She wrote: "So Lots of people have been asking me if I’m still breast feeding. It’s taken me a bit of time to feel okay about saying no. I stopped a couple of months ago & I really struggled to come to terms with it & actually say it out loud. Breastfeeding never happened for me the way that I imagined. I did my best to try & master it, but it wasn’t to be. On day 5 we ended up back in hospital because of weight loss & I ended up pumping in between feeds to make sure he put it back on so we could be discharged, then I continued this at home until he reached his birthweight.
"I then tried to switch to exclusive breastfeeding but whenever I did he lost weight again & It would break my heart to think that my own want to breastfeed was not helping my baby grow so I mix fed. As he got bigger his demand for milk got higher & my boobs couldn’t keep up the supply. By the time I did two full days back at work without him on the boob or pumping my milk dried up & before I knew it my breastfeeding journey was over. I felt sad for quite some time, every time he rooted my gut ached. I felt like I’d failed & that I’d lost the chance to have that special time & bond with Rex. I felt like everyone else was going to feed him & I’d loose my baby. (sic)"
Jess Shears: Breastfeeding isn’t easy
