22/09/2025
I’m getting back into sharing breastfeeding stories so if you want to share yours, please reach out! Tonight I’m sharing the breastfeeding story of with her second baby, Hazel. Elise discusses her experience with insufficient glandular tissue (IGT) which is a condition where the milk-making tissue in the breast doesn’t fully develop. IGT is estimated to impact approximately 1-5% of women. Here’s Elise’s story in her own words (she wrote this 2 years ago and is still breastfeeding her daughter today!).
My name is Elise and I had my second child, Hazel in late March this year. My son, Louis is 2 and a half and we had a tricky breastfeeding journey with low milk supply, scheduled feeds, triple feeding and complete loss of confidence on my behalf. Louis was mix fed, roughly half breastmilk and half formula. Despite the rocky start, we breastfed until 2 years and 3 months, a journey I’m very proud of.
After an unplanned C section with my first due to “failure to progress”, I was determined to do everything I could for a VBAC second time around. I planned a homebirth with private midwives, confident this was my best option for achieving my dream birth. At 40+5, my blood pressure spiked and I had to go on medication, which meant the homebirth was off the cards. We pushed against a repeat c section or induction at the hospital for 3 days but ultimately ended with an unplanned C section at 41+1. CONT IN COMMENTS.
