Well my little peanut is now almost 9 weeks old -where the heck did time go. Tomorrow she will be 2 months! I mean seriously....However in those 9 weeks I have gone from HATING breastfeeding to LOVING it! The first 2 weeks or so were pure H-E-L-L! I wanted to quit so many times but luckily I have an awesome husband who supported me through it.
I mean come on, between having my nipples crack and bleed. Having it hurt like h-e-l-l whenever she latched on, it made my toes curl it hurt so bad. The engorgement I had all the time because my milk supply wasn't regulated yet. She couldn't latch on because my nipples were so flat, which makes it hard to feed your little one. Gabby also had such bad gas because I had so much milk, it got better once I figured out that I needed to feed her one side only and one side more than once (Block feeding). Once we did that she got the fattier milk instead of the foremilk and that decreased her gas. We also from the advice from a LC (Lactation Consultant) to let her latch on and then after a bit pull her off and catch the milk spray into a towel. Because believe me there is always a milk spray. The LC was our savior! I don't think I could have made it through. Plus all the advice I got from my online girls on Ivillage message boards. They helped a lot as well.
Now that we have passed all the hurdles of the first couple of weeks and gotten much better hang at things (even though it's not always smooth) I really enjoy breastfeeding. It really makes me happy that I have that time with her. I cherish every moment of it, because I know soon she won't be this small for long. I love the way that she grabs onto my shirt, or grabs onto my breast like she is trying to get more out. The way that she looks at me with her big eyes while feeding. Its one of the moments I will never forget as a mother
I have been thinking about this a lot these past few days as I am about to return to work on Monday. for the next two weeks it will be part time, 2 days working 5 days off 3 days working then back to work full time Nov 1st. I am a little excited to go back to see my co-workers, have more adult interaction and challenge my brain a bit more. But I am apprehensive about leaving her at Daycare (the next couple of weeks Mike is taking some PTO, so that's great!) and about having to pump during the day and not be able to breastfeed her. It will only be in the morning, and night, and the occasional time during the day if I can stop over, but with my schedule at work I doubt I will be able to do that.
I'm hoping that I can breastfeed her for at least a year if not a bit longer. We will let her decide that, I won't go past 16 months (and who knows after 12 months of breastfeeding I might want to be done, or my supply might decide that I am done). We are talking about doing Baby-Led Weaning and when you do that, they decide on their own when it's time to stop breastfeeding...so we will see.
I mean come on, between having my nipples crack and bleed. Having it hurt like h-e-l-l whenever she latched on, it made my toes curl it hurt so bad. The engorgement I had all the time because my milk supply wasn't regulated yet. She couldn't latch on because my nipples were so flat, which makes it hard to feed your little one. Gabby also had such bad gas because I had so much milk, it got better once I figured out that I needed to feed her one side only and one side more than once (Block feeding). Once we did that she got the fattier milk instead of the foremilk and that decreased her gas. We also from the advice from a LC (Lactation Consultant) to let her latch on and then after a bit pull her off and catch the milk spray into a towel. Because believe me there is always a milk spray. The LC was our savior! I don't think I could have made it through. Plus all the advice I got from my online girls on Ivillage message boards. They helped a lot as well.
Now that we have passed all the hurdles of the first couple of weeks and gotten much better hang at things (even though it's not always smooth) I really enjoy breastfeeding. It really makes me happy that I have that time with her. I cherish every moment of it, because I know soon she won't be this small for long. I love the way that she grabs onto my shirt, or grabs onto my breast like she is trying to get more out. The way that she looks at me with her big eyes while feeding. Its one of the moments I will never forget as a mother
I have been thinking about this a lot these past few days as I am about to return to work on Monday. for the next two weeks it will be part time, 2 days working 5 days off 3 days working then back to work full time Nov 1st. I am a little excited to go back to see my co-workers, have more adult interaction and challenge my brain a bit more. But I am apprehensive about leaving her at Daycare (the next couple of weeks Mike is taking some PTO, so that's great!) and about having to pump during the day and not be able to breastfeed her. It will only be in the morning, and night, and the occasional time during the day if I can stop over, but with my schedule at work I doubt I will be able to do that.
I'm hoping that I can breastfeed her for at least a year if not a bit longer. We will let her decide that, I won't go past 16 months (and who knows after 12 months of breastfeeding I might want to be done, or my supply might decide that I am done). We are talking about doing Baby-Led Weaning and when you do that, they decide on their own when it's time to stop breastfeeding...so we will see.
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As someone that is going to be a new BFer myself in only a few weeks, it is really nice to read about your experience--and that even though it was hard, you got through it!
I love the pic of her, how sweet! WTG Momma!
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