Mum's heartbreaking breastfeeding post goes viral

A mother has posted a heartbreaking note online explaining the exact moment her 19-month-old son rejected her breastmilk.

New Zealand blogger Emily Holdaway said her son, Ziggy, was “in pain” and wouldn’t stop crying so she decided to take him into the shower for some skin-on-skin time.

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However she was left feeling helpless when Ziggy refused to latch on and take her breastmilk.

“This is what misery looks like. When breastfeeding no longer offers the comfort it used to, and you don't know how to take away the pain,” Emily wrote in the post.

“Last night I felt so helpless. Ziggy was in pain. His bum was red, his cheeks were hot.

“He was crying and crying and crying. I offered him the comfort of my breasts, and, through his tears he shook his head and continued to cry.”

Emily then went on to say that while she was in the shower with Ziggy she sat and quietly cried because she felt do “powerless”.

“I've always been able to fix Ziggy and last night I couldn't,” she wrote.

“From the moment he was born, breastfeeding has been more than just a source of food.

“It was what he needed when he was upset, in pain, when he was tired. There was nothing boob couldn't fix.”

Emily admits that as time has gone on, Ziggy’s need for breastfeeding had lessened and he stopped coming to her for “cuddle feeds”.

“If I offer he shakes his head. Then he gets off my lap and runs off,” she wrote.

“I never expected to have such emotions when it happens, but I do. I feel rejected. I feel useless. I used to be his world and now his world is expanding.”

Other mother’s weighed in on the post with their own stories and advice for Emily.

“You are not worthless your body is growing another baby! It's doing something amazing right now,” One woman said.

“I don't offer to breastfeed for comfort only for feeding. I think it may be his way of asking for affection in another way,” one mother asked.

“My daughter was about 2 months old when I had to stop breastfeeding her. I had been under awful stress from the day she was born because we almost lost her. The stress put so much on my body that I quit producing. That was very hard,” another person said.

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