Jordan Talley, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was over the moon when she welcomed her second child, Lucy Eleanor, at 6 lbs. and 8 oz. on April 9.
“She was perfect,” Talley, 25, tells PEOPLE of her little girl. “My entire pregnancy, I had that worry that I wouldn’t be able to love a second child as much as my first. But when she was here, none of those worries mattered anymore. Everyone told me, ‘Your heart jut grows in size’ and it sounds cliche, but it really does!”
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But it didn’t. The pain continued for weeks and Talley says Lucy was eating “all the time.” This was not much of a concern either, Talley says, until a doctor’s visit revealed that Lucy had dropped considerable weight. Soon, Lucy’s physical appearance began to change too.
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“I was relieved that we had an answer. Lucy had to work really hard to get milk out … which explains why she was nursing so frequently,” Talley tells PEOPLE.
“I felt like I could breathe again,” Talley tells PEOPLE. “When we took her back for a weight check after the revision, Lucy’s doctor was thrilled with her progress.”
Now, Talley is encouraging struggling mothers to seek help from alactation consultantbefore they “give up” on breastfeeding.
source: people.com
