by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities

Coco Austin got the "breast is best" message loud and clear during her pregnancy with daughter Chanel, but it doesn't seem she had a chance to read the fine print. As great as breastfeeding can be, it isn't without its hardships!
"They told me breastfeed, breastfeed, breastfeed," the 37-year-old shared with People magazine's Mom Talk.
?But the first week, they were like, ?The first week is hard, but once you make it over that first week, it?s going to be great.? That first week my nipples were bleeding and scabbing over. I was like, ?No one tells you that your nipples bleed!? ?

Coco Austin previously bragged Chanel took to nursing like a "pro," but when her and husband Ice T's little one caught a cold things changed. The proud mom explained to E! News, ?[Chanel] is 6 months now, but for a good five months, she was great at breastfeeding. Just recently she got a little congested and, since then, it was hard for her to drink from my boob so I had to force the bottle in her mouth."
?Now that it?s cleared up, she wants the bottle more, and it hurt my feelings. I?m seriously hurt by this! I?m doing whatever I can because now, she?s growing, so she needs more milk ? so I have to go from breastfeeding to formula, breastfeeding to formula, but I wish she would want a little more of me.?
For me, the second experience Coco recalled here rings more true to the "nobody told me" line. As someone ...