WomensHealth
  • News
  • Health
  • Fitness
  • Sex & Love
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Weight Loss
  • Women In Sport
  • Podcasts
  • Video
WomensHealth
  • News
  • Health
  • Fitness
  • Sex & Love
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Weight Loss
  • Women In Sport
  • Podcasts
  • Video
This Simple, Effective Ab Workout Will Shred Your Six-Pack
Watch 0:23

This Simple, Effective Ab Workout Will Shred Your Six-Pack

{headline}

{headline}

Kate Hudson Just Shared Photos Of Herself Breastfeeding Mid-Workout

Kate Hudson Just Shared Photos Of Herself Breastfeeding Mid-Workout

Carrie Bickmore Shares All Too Real Struggle Of Caring For A Newborn

Carrie Bickmore Shares All Too Real Struggle Of Caring For A Newborn

Edwina Bartholomew On The Emotional Challenges Of Life With A Baby

Edwina Bartholomew On The Emotional Challenges Of Life With A Baby

Libby Trickett On The ‘Weird Guilt’ She Feels Remembering Her Miscarriage

Libby Trickett On The ‘Weird Guilt’ She Feels Remembering Her Miscarriage

{headline}

{headline}

Jessie J Says She Changed Her Diet After Being Told She's Infertile

Jessie J Says She Changed Her Diet After Being Told She's Infertile

Mum’s Little-Known Trick To Produce More Breast Milk Is Going Viral

Mum’s Little-Known Trick To Produce More Breast Milk Is Going Viral

Pink Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering From A Miscarriage At Just 17

Pink Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering From A Miscarriage At Just 17

{headline}

{headline}

Camilla Franks On Battling Breast Cancer Just Three Months After Giving Birth

Camilla Franks On Battling Breast Cancer Just Three Months After Giving Birth

Kate Middleton Just Got Real About The Stress Of Parenting

Kate Middleton Just Got Real About The Stress Of Parenting

The Surprising Method Serena Williams Is Using To Prevent Blood Clots

The Surprising Method Serena Williams Is Using To Prevent Blood Clots

Chrissy Teigen Gets Refreshingly Honest About Her Post-Pregnancy Weight Gain

Chrissy Teigen Gets Refreshingly Honest About Her Post-Pregnancy Weight Gain

Meghan Markle May Break Major Protocol With The Birth Of Her First Child

Meghan Markle May Break Major Protocol With The Birth Of Her First Child

Kate Hudson Shares Her Plans To Get Fit Two Months After Giving Birth

Kate Hudson Shares Her Plans To Get Fit Two Months After Giving Birth

Michelle Obama Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering A Miscarriage

Michelle Obama Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering A Miscarriage

  1. Home
  2. News

Khloe Kardashian Says Stress Prevented Her From Being Able To Breastfeed

But is that really a thing? - by Lucy Bode
  • 21 Nov 2018
Khloe Kardashian Says Stress Prevented Her From Being Able To Breastfeed
Getty

To say 2018 has been a tumultuous year for Khloe Kardashian would be a huge understatement. For the ill-informed among us, clips of Tristan Thompson allegedly making out with another woman emerged just two days before the reality star gave birth to their first child.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians Labor GIF by E! - Find & Share on GIPHY

RELATED: Khloe Kardashian Is Being Majorly Mum Shamed For Feeding This To Her Daughter True

And over the weekend, she opened up about how the whole situation took a toll on her body – including her ability to nurse her daughter, True.

On Twitter, when a fan asked Khloe if she had any tips for breastfeeding, she responded: “I tried breastfeeding for weeks and weeks! For me it was so painful but I also was not producing a lot of milk. So I had to pump every time she was napping.”

Khloé on Twitter

The 34-year-old said she reckons her milk didn’t come in “due to stress.” But it wasn’t until the baby started losing weight that she decided to switch to formula.

“I tried literally EVERYTHING!!” she added. “Doctors came to check, I met with the lactation specialist, I did power pumping, I drink the tea, ate the cookies, did special massages etc. It just wasn’t working for me.”

Khloé on Twitter
Khloe Kardashian GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY

As it turns out, Khloe’s totally right: stress can slow the flow. In fact, Dr Shivani Patel, author of Your Pregnancy Matters explains it’s the “no. 1 killer of breastmilk supply, especially in the first few weeks after delivery.”

So what can be done? Dr Patel advises mothers who are having trouble lactating to “seek and accept help from your partner, family members and friends so you can rest, recover and maintain an adequate milk supply.” 

And above all, know you’re not alone. As Khloe’s tweet proves, there are plenty of women out there who share her struggle.

“I too wasn’t producing enough milk and had to supplement formula the 1st week since my babes lost too much weight,” one commented. “It broke my heart but we do what we have to for our babies.”

RELATED: Khloe Kardashian Swears By This $11 Product For Preventing Stretch Marks

  • News
  • Pregnancy
  • Stress
  • Parenting
  • Mental Health
  • Celebrities
Lucy Bode
Lucy Bode
Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

Subscribe Now-6 Issues just $39

Subscribe Now
Subscribe Now

Subscribe Now-6 Issues just $39

Subscribe Now
Subscribe Now

Recommended to you

This Simple, Effective Ab Workout Will Shred Your Six-Pack
Watch 0:23

This Simple, Effective Ab Workout Will Shred Your Six-Pack

{headline}

{headline}

Kate Hudson Just Shared Photos Of Herself Breastfeeding Mid-Workout

Kate Hudson Just Shared Photos Of Herself Breastfeeding Mid-Workout

Carrie Bickmore Shares All Too Real Struggle Of Caring For A Newborn

Carrie Bickmore Shares All Too Real Struggle Of Caring For A Newborn

Edwina Bartholomew On The Emotional Challenges Of Life With A Baby

Edwina Bartholomew On The Emotional Challenges Of Life With A Baby

Libby Trickett On The ‘Weird Guilt’ She Feels Remembering Her Miscarriage

Libby Trickett On The ‘Weird Guilt’ She Feels Remembering Her Miscarriage

{headline}

{headline}

Jessie J Says She Changed Her Diet After Being Told She's Infertile

Jessie J Says She Changed Her Diet After Being Told She's Infertile

Mum’s Little-Known Trick To Produce More Breast Milk Is Going Viral

Mum’s Little-Known Trick To Produce More Breast Milk Is Going Viral

Pink Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering From A Miscarriage At Just 17

Pink Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering From A Miscarriage At Just 17

{headline}

{headline}

Camilla Franks On Battling Breast Cancer Just Three Months After Giving Birth

Camilla Franks On Battling Breast Cancer Just Three Months After Giving Birth

Kate Middleton Just Got Real About The Stress Of Parenting

Kate Middleton Just Got Real About The Stress Of Parenting

The Surprising Method Serena Williams Is Using To Prevent Blood Clots

The Surprising Method Serena Williams Is Using To Prevent Blood Clots

Chrissy Teigen Gets Refreshingly Honest About Her Post-Pregnancy Weight Gain

Chrissy Teigen Gets Refreshingly Honest About Her Post-Pregnancy Weight Gain

Meghan Markle May Break Major Protocol With The Birth Of Her First Child

Meghan Markle May Break Major Protocol With The Birth Of Her First Child

Kate Hudson Shares Her Plans To Get Fit Two Months After Giving Birth

Kate Hudson Shares Her Plans To Get Fit Two Months After Giving Birth

Michelle Obama Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering A Miscarriage

Michelle Obama Shares Her Heartbreak After Suffering A Miscarriage

WomensHealth
  • About Paragon Media
  • Contact Paragon Media
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Statement
  • About Paragon Media
  • Contact Paragon Media
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Statement

Brands

Our Network

  • Paragon Media Pty Ltd
  • Men’s Health
© 2021 Are Media PTY LTD
Get more from

Magazine Subscription Offer

Subscribe Now-6 Issues just $39

Shop This Offer
Subscribe Now