Jeannie Mai is known for being open about her personal life, this time about breastfeeding, calling it more difficult than giving birth.
On Friday, the talk show host went on Instagram to share her difficulties in trying to produce enough milk for her daughter, Monaco.
“Been tackling this breastfeeding thing for two months,” she wrote alongside photos of herself using a breast pump. “Listening to a lactation nurse, reading advice online, and getting so much help from other moms (🙏) Hands down, it’s been the most difficult part of this entire mom journey. I already HEARD it was gonna be, but I never imagined this. For me, it’s was even more difficult than giving birth 😳.”
Mai, 43, also said the advice she got from a nurse to maintain milk supply hasn’t worked.
“Since then, every 3 hrs looked like this: Latch, supplement with formula since I could only give her an ounce, (IF that), go and pump to signal to the body to make more milk, set alarm to take milk thistle pills, sunflower Lecithin pills, drink fenugreek tea, massage boobs, in one-hour prepare boobs with a hot compress or towel, wake the baby up, repeat. And two months later, I STILL don’t make enough milk to feed my baby,” she wrote.
“The Real” host also said that she had to stop comparing herself to other mothers’ experiences with childbearing because it was affecting her emotional health.
“I had to catch myself because it actually got to my mental, and things started to feel dark. Comparing myself to other moms, frustrated from the ups and down of pumping an ounce one day, nothing the next..and this is ON TOP of all the anxiety this journey can bring. Not complaining, actually here to give moms out there, breastfeeding or not, all the flowers and praise for doing your best to care for your baby-formula or boob. I have more respect for moms than ever in my life. And I have to remember me included 🥴✨🥇Hugs to every mom out there❤️” she concluded.
Mai and rapper got married in 2021 following divorce from her first husband, Freddy Harteis, in 2017.
Previously, Mai didn’t want to have children, but that changed after marrying Jeezy, 44.
