Breastfeeding success after C-section? I’m currently 16 weeks pregnant with my second baby. My first pregnancy was full of complications that ultimately ended in an emergency c-section at 34 weeks because of preeclampsia. For many reasons, breastfeeding did not work out for us. My daughter did not have her suck reflex completely developed. We had to work with an occupational therapist just to get her to swallow correctly, and with the trauma of an emergency c-section after weeks of bedrest, the stress was too much and even pumping was not successful. 

For this pregnancy, to avoid any chance of complications occurring again, I’ve decided to have a scheduled C-section. I’m wondering if any moms can give me some insight to how easy or difficult breastfeeding was after a planned c-section at full term, or nearly full term (we are hoping to reach 37 weeks).