As soon as Christine stopped breastfeeding, with the support of her husband, she noticed a decrease in her anxiety and depression.
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And my husband was very, he still is very involved, incredibly supportive. But that’s part of the reason I wanted to switch to formula. I need you to be able to do feedings just as much as me I need anyone to be able to feed this kid aside from me. So, and I felt so guilty about stopping breast milk, and breastfeeding, because so many people would love to be able to breastfeed their child and don’t make enough milk, I had plenty of milk, I had plenty. I had so much it hurt that it made me feel guilty for stopping just because I didn’t feel like doing it. That’s what it felt like to me. But as soon as I stopped, I would say that caught my depression in half, it cut my anxiety and depression, right in half when I released myself from that.
And it immediately helped me feel not great, but better. And so I moved forward with that decision. And I had support from everyone on that, which was great. Even though it was up to me, it made me feel so much better to have that. And then I just started really trying to kind of get in there and I don’t know just sort of be more accepting of the circumstances and and try and spend more time with my son and just going through it.
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