The influencer is getting candid about her newborn experience with her second daughter
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- Allison Kuch is getting candid about her second time as a mom to a newborn daughter
- On Tuesday, April 21, the 29-year-old influencer announced that she and her husband, Isaac Rochell, 30, had welcomed their second baby, a baby girl named Pepper Jo
- In the weeks following their baby girl’s birth, Kuch has been candid about how the postpartum experience the second time around has differed from that of her first
Allison Kuch is continuing to candidly share her postpartum experience with her second daughter, Pepper Jo.
After Kuch and her retired-NFL player husband Isaac Rochell announced that Kuch had given birth to Pepper on April 21, the influencer, 29, has been sharing vulnerable looks into her postpartum journey, and how it has been impacting her mental health.
In an Instagram Stories post on Tuesday, May 5, the influencer, who is also mother to Scottie Bee, 3, opened up about how having her second daughter has been "such a different newborn experience" compared to her first so far. The influencer thanked her followers for their suggestions, sharing that Pepper had been going through a "fussy" phase.
Credit: Allison Kuch/Instagram
Kuch said she's feeling "defeated" as she navigates her second newborn experience.
Continuing, Kuch said that managing a "fussy" Pepper had "definitely" been "taking a toll on my mental health," but she added that she was "trying to take it one day at a time."
In another post to her TikTok on May 5, the influencer also opened up about how she was managing at 11 days postpartum, and had a message for mom-shamers in her comment section.
"I'm p—ed off because people keep telling me what to do. You know what I'm doing? My best," the content creator began. She then referenced comments she had specifically been receiving encouraging her to stay in bed as she recovered, following her VBAC, or vaginal birth after cesarean section.
"I'm gonna go f—ing insane if I don't leave my bed," she stated. "If I don't leave my bed, I'm gonna get depressed. In fact, I'm trying to spice things up in the bedroom, but not like that. The idea of that actually makes me nauseous. Spice things up? Because I'm changing my sheets every two or three days because I can't look at the same surroundings multiple days in a row."
Kuch has opened up about other aspects of her postpartum experience that she has been struggling with, including her "breastfeeding anxiety," which she touched on in an April 30 TikTok post.
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"I'm what you call an over-supplier," Kuch explained, in the video, which was posted from her kitchen. "I also have a lot of anxiety around breast milk. My last baby, I exclusively pumped. I'm not doing that this time. I am creating an oversupply, but it's only because I have anxiety."
Going on, the mom of two offered her recommendations for her favorite breastfeeding products, adding that her credentials included having "exclusively pumped for an entire year," referring to her experience with her first daughter, Scottie, now 3 years old.
"And I did not do that by choice. It was because I was a first-time mom and I f—ed up. I didn't know what paced feeding was. I gave my baby a bottle way too early, and there were days I didn't breastfeed at all," she explained. "And then when I went to get her to latch, she gently gave me the finger."
With Pepper, Kuch explained that she was "almost terrified to give her a bottle. I'm gonna work that out with my lactation consultant. I still wanna have a little bit of milk in the fridge and freezer."
Finally, the influencer shared some of her own advice for other moms who might be watching her videos.
"The last thing I'll say is, when it comes to supply, never compare yourself to people on the internet," she added.
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