I recieved my pump and would have been extremely excited about that, if the crap hadn't hit the fan around here. We've been "kicked out" of DH parent's house (were supposed to be here a year and 3 months in the decide they dont want us) for no apparent reason. DH and FIL haven't been getting along because DH is sick of cleaning up everyone elses messes and then getting yelled at that he doesn't do anything. I'm sick of cooking meals that no one ever eats (they all prefer to go out.) So DH and FIL got into it a week ago and FIL attacked DH and left a bruise on his arm (this is after threatening to throw DH down the stairs) So needless to say I havent had any time or energy to pump and we're in the process of packing everything up to move into our apartment on Sat.(thank the good Lord for small miracles.) At this point I'm guessing I'll have to wait until baby #2 to get my BF relationship.
I do want to state that DS and I have really upped our relationship (sans BF.) he cuddles and gets sad when mommy goes away and loves to play with mommy (and daddy!)He's pulling hisself up now on almost everything and he's a pro at crawling. Hopefully baby #2 won't be too far off and I'll get to use all the stuff I bought!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
One down....
My SNS has arrived!! My pump should be here by weeks end. I'm so excited! I got him to suck on my finger with the SNS on it, but I had trouble keeping him from grabbing the tube. Hopefully we'll get to practice with it so we'll get better.
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Oh what a night!
I slept terribly last night. I tossed and turned and actually woke up feeling sick at 6 am so I slept on the couch until I felt better. I think I just need to get out of the house. Which is what I'm doing today. I'm going to the mall to walk around and window shop just to get out of the house. I definately need it.
Still waiting on my packages!!
Still waiting on my packages!!
Monday, December 4, 2006
Thing I've got...
I have:
1 Child to be breastfed :D
1 PIS Advance in the mail on its way to me(Thank you Melanie!!)
1 Avent Isis hand pump (thank you again Melanie!)
1 SNS in the mail (thank you ebay!)
Lots of love and hope and encouragement (Thank you Babycenter ladies!!)
What more could a momma need? (except possibly a nipple shield....)
I can't wait until it all gets here! I've been hand expressing but I've had to stop because I accidently pinched my self and caught myself with my fingernail....so I'm gonna wait for everything to get to me.
1 Child to be breastfed :D
1 PIS Advance in the mail on its way to me(Thank you Melanie!!)
1 Avent Isis hand pump (thank you again Melanie!)
1 SNS in the mail (thank you ebay!)
Lots of love and hope and encouragement (Thank you Babycenter ladies!!)
What more could a momma need? (except possibly a nipple shield....)
I can't wait until it all gets here! I've been hand expressing but I've had to stop because I accidently pinched my self and caught myself with my fingernail....so I'm gonna wait for everything to get to me.
Un-Busy Day
We have a pretty un-busy day ahead of us. Today we have our Medicaid/WIC meeting downtown. I just can't wait to take my 7 month old down there (can you here the slow dripping sarcasm?) It's a necessary evil I suppose. Otherwise all my day is planned for is doing some straightening up and spending time with my little man.
I have a list of habits I want to form (especially with trying to relactate):
~Drink at least 3 bottles of water a day
~Take any/all vitamins everyday
~Do 30 minutes of activity (i.e. Walk, dance, go up and down the stairs etc.)
~Get 1 load of laundry done a day (ok nothing to do with relactating, but needs to happen)
~Get up and get ready for my day before 9 am. (i.e. shower, brush my teeth/hair, get dressed)
~ Leave the house at least 4 times a week for longer than 30 minutes.
Hopefully I can gte these integrated in my life :)
I have a list of habits I want to form (especially with trying to relactate):
~Drink at least 3 bottles of water a day
~Take any/all vitamins everyday
~Do 30 minutes of activity (i.e. Walk, dance, go up and down the stairs etc.)
~Get 1 load of laundry done a day (ok nothing to do with relactating, but needs to happen)
~Get up and get ready for my day before 9 am. (i.e. shower, brush my teeth/hair, get dressed)
~ Leave the house at least 4 times a week for longer than 30 minutes.
Hopefully I can gte these integrated in my life :)
It Begins...
My son is 7 months old. I miss our nursing relationship severely. So as of Sunday Dec. 3 I am going to try to re-lactate and get that bond back with my son. I decided that having a blog to log it all down would be a good way to a) share our story and b) keep me accountable.
Austin was born on May 2, 2006 at 7:43 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 6.4 oz and was 20.5 inches long. I think it didn't quite click at first that this was my son. I was in an epidural/labor haze that didn't want to lift right away. To this day it pisses me off that I (nor my husband) wasn't the first to hold our son, but alas you can't turn back time. Fast forward to our first nursing.
I'm by no means a small woman. I was a 18/20 pre-pregnancy wearing a 42 DD. Nothing small about me. So I was a little nervous about how I was going to manage to nurse my son with these giant melons we call breasts without suffocating my son. I was assured it can be done (and I know it can!) The nurses helped me get him latched on and we did pretty good the first night, but I was easily frustrated and exhausted (4 days of back labor will do that!) and was ready to give up. The nurses promised me that I'd get a visit from the Lactation Consultant the next day.
My visit with the Lactation consultant went alright. She showed me how to hand express and how to use my hospital issued hand pump. She tried to help me latch him on, which we did, but I never could quite get it right. I tried to tell her and the Dr. he was tongue tied ( I should know because I am) but no one listened. Now you can see it very well, but I wouldn't want to put him through all the pain of getting it cut (mine never was and I'm just fine) So I think that that is part of why we had trouble.
First few days home from the hospital I pumped like a mad woman. If he wouldn't latch on then I would just have to get the milk to him another way. This is the day he was introduced a bottle (yes you can just here the doomed music playing...) I struggled with breastfeeding for 3 months. I tried to get him back to nursing and off the formula (second worst f-word in the world) so many times, but I just couldn't do it. Part of me thinks I was just to lazy at that point. Now I beat myself up for it.
That's going to change however. We're going to persevere and get back to nursing. Even if we never get off the formula in the SNS. And even if my supply never comes back. We will nurse.
Austin was born on May 2, 2006 at 7:43 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 6.4 oz and was 20.5 inches long. I think it didn't quite click at first that this was my son. I was in an epidural/labor haze that didn't want to lift right away. To this day it pisses me off that I (nor my husband) wasn't the first to hold our son, but alas you can't turn back time. Fast forward to our first nursing.
I'm by no means a small woman. I was a 18/20 pre-pregnancy wearing a 42 DD. Nothing small about me. So I was a little nervous about how I was going to manage to nurse my son with these giant melons we call breasts without suffocating my son. I was assured it can be done (and I know it can!) The nurses helped me get him latched on and we did pretty good the first night, but I was easily frustrated and exhausted (4 days of back labor will do that!) and was ready to give up. The nurses promised me that I'd get a visit from the Lactation Consultant the next day.
My visit with the Lactation consultant went alright. She showed me how to hand express and how to use my hospital issued hand pump. She tried to help me latch him on, which we did, but I never could quite get it right. I tried to tell her and the Dr. he was tongue tied ( I should know because I am) but no one listened. Now you can see it very well, but I wouldn't want to put him through all the pain of getting it cut (mine never was and I'm just fine) So I think that that is part of why we had trouble.
First few days home from the hospital I pumped like a mad woman. If he wouldn't latch on then I would just have to get the milk to him another way. This is the day he was introduced a bottle (yes you can just here the doomed music playing...) I struggled with breastfeeding for 3 months. I tried to get him back to nursing and off the formula (second worst f-word in the world) so many times, but I just couldn't do it. Part of me thinks I was just to lazy at that point. Now I beat myself up for it.
That's going to change however. We're going to persevere and get back to nursing. Even if we never get off the formula in the SNS. And even if my supply never comes back. We will nurse.
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