Amy Schumer has shared why she decided to switch her son to formula after only one month of breastfeeding.
The 38-year-old comedian recalled how her experiences with pumping and breastfeeding made her switch to baby formula.
Speaking of the earliest breastmilk produced, Schumer said: “I wanted him to get the colostrum.”
“We had a lactation expert come over. He didn’t latch and I just didn’t feel that push to make that happen. Then I pumped for like the first month,” the mother of one added.
Schumer, who shares her child with husband Chris Fischer, also went on: “Then I was like, ‘Not for me.’ … This is not for me and I didn’t want to do it.”
Schumer also pointed out the importance of new parents choosing what is best for them.
“Some people just absolutely love it and I’m so happy for them, and it was just bumming me out. But then I was also kind of proud doing it and whatever and getting him the milk and stuff,” Schumer expressed.
“Then once it occurred to me that I could stop. I was like, ‘I’m going to stop.’ … And then, every week what I did was just took away one session of the pumping.”
The comedian also recalled the moment tennis pro Serena Williams warned her of some brands of formula.
“We were giving him Similac and then actually Serena Williams kind of yelled at me and was like, ‘There’s a lot of sugar in that.’ Even though it was great and he was meeting his milestones on Similac, we switched him to Holle,” Schumer shared.
“It just has less sugar and he did great on that. So I really encourage women to … There’s so much pressure to breastfeed, but really it’s all in your head. Do you,” she said.
Schumer also emphasized that her health was just as important as her baby’s health.
“You matter and it’s going to be better for your baby that you’re okay,” she said, later adding, “All generations were raised on formula.”
The 38-year-old also talked about her son’s terrifying cesarean birth during the interview with the Informed Pregnancy and Parenting Podcast.
“I was throwing up through the first hour of my c-section. It’s supposed to take about an hour and a half — mine took over three hours because of my endometriosis, and that was really scary.”
She said her doctors were ‘amazed’ that she managed to carry her baby despite her severe endometriosis.
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