I apologize in advance if this is a bit of an odd question, but I hope someone out there has spent some time on this. Specifically, helping mothers address and come to terms with their difficult breastfeeding experiences, somewhat in the same way as practitioners help mothers debrief on their traumatic births. 

I feel like this is something that I need to spend more time on - virtually every time I tell a woman what I do for a living, I get a story and, more often than not, the ending is a sad one in her eyes. Once a mother stops breastfeeding, support like LLL and her lactation consultant are usually also abandoned (and fair enough), so I can see how that pain and sadness sits and grows without a place to process it.  

Any thoughts? Great resources?

Michelle

Michelle Branco, IBCLC, LLLC
Latch Lactation
www.latchlactation.com

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