I should start this post by letting you, my dear readers, know that i am very prudish, and am only writing down in detail everything so that hopefully another mum out there might benefit from knowing all of the dirty little details!! :)
I pumped again last night, and had a little less expressed out of my right, the left was the same. My nipples are starting to chap and bleed, so i've been applying Booby Butter Sampler, given to me by the amazing Muir Botanicals (Etsy). It's helped a lot with the little bit of pain.
Pumped this morning about 11:00. Yesterday was @2:00 and then 9:00, and i thought i would space it out a little more today to help my nipples heal. I expressed about the same, and it is still the same thick, yellow-creamy color. I didn't think i would like the hand pump at all since i only have experience with a double electric pump, but it's not that bad! I sit and watch tv and get a little rhythm going..!
I haven't taken any supplements yet, or had any tea, but i will start those soon.. I'm a little hesitant, as i don't do well with 'horse pills', and i'm picky with my tea. But.. I know it's best, so i'll bite the bullet soon!!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
...and it begins!!
It all started with the strangest thought: i wonder if i could breastfeed our second baby.. We were in the beginning of our adoption process, and i thought it was the freakiest thing ever thought of. Who breastfeeds a stranger's baby?! Everyone will think i'm a freak, that i'm 'forcing' bonding. What would it look like, a white woman breastfeeding a black/hispanic/asian/Native American baby..?! But then i thought, quite fiercely: Why Not?!
We had our daughter in September of '09, and she was an in-vitro baby. I successfully BF her for 10 months, when she started walking and wanted my breasts to be mobile as well! I thought, well, if i fed H for that long, why can't i feed another..? It would be MY baby, after all, and i know BF is best. I didn't want to bother with formula, and i knew that bonding would be so much more instinctive and natural if i BF. And so i did as any other young mother does these days, i searched the Internet for more info! I didn't find much.. People said it was possible, but i only found ONE firsthand source.
My best girlfriends have been so supportive and encouraging, so i finally admitted to myself it wasn't a selfish and freakish desire after all, that it would really be best for me and my new baby! So, i started reaching out.. I found an Etsy vendor that put together some herbal lactation pills for me to help start my milk supply to build. I read any and all articles that i could find. And i waited. I waited for our Home Study to be complete, and until we got the green light to be able to adopt. That happened yesterday. YAY!!!
My best girlfriend, Tammy, coincidentally called me this morning and offered me her hand pump, that was all decked out with new parts and ready to go. And so, i thought, no time like the present! Might be a year, might be a week, you never know with adoptions. And so, at 2:00 MST today, i began to pump. I didn't expect anything, but i made it a personal goal to pump for 15 minutes. And, lo and behold..
Colostrum!! At least, i think it is..!! Thick, nasty-tasting (yes, i licked it), creamy colored. Not a lot, didn't even drip into the little bottle attachment, but it was there! I texted Tammy and told her what had happened, and she suggested this. A blog. For other mums out there that might have had the same crazy, freakish thought i had had a few months ago. This is my own little 'Operation'.
We had our daughter in September of '09, and she was an in-vitro baby. I successfully BF her for 10 months, when she started walking and wanted my breasts to be mobile as well! I thought, well, if i fed H for that long, why can't i feed another..? It would be MY baby, after all, and i know BF is best. I didn't want to bother with formula, and i knew that bonding would be so much more instinctive and natural if i BF. And so i did as any other young mother does these days, i searched the Internet for more info! I didn't find much.. People said it was possible, but i only found ONE firsthand source.
My best girlfriends have been so supportive and encouraging, so i finally admitted to myself it wasn't a selfish and freakish desire after all, that it would really be best for me and my new baby! So, i started reaching out.. I found an Etsy vendor that put together some herbal lactation pills for me to help start my milk supply to build. I read any and all articles that i could find. And i waited. I waited for our Home Study to be complete, and until we got the green light to be able to adopt. That happened yesterday. YAY!!!
My best girlfriend, Tammy, coincidentally called me this morning and offered me her hand pump, that was all decked out with new parts and ready to go. And so, i thought, no time like the present! Might be a year, might be a week, you never know with adoptions. And so, at 2:00 MST today, i began to pump. I didn't expect anything, but i made it a personal goal to pump for 15 minutes. And, lo and behold..
Colostrum!! At least, i think it is..!! Thick, nasty-tasting (yes, i licked it), creamy colored. Not a lot, didn't even drip into the little bottle attachment, but it was there! I texted Tammy and told her what had happened, and she suggested this. A blog. For other mums out there that might have had the same crazy, freakish thought i had had a few months ago. This is my own little 'Operation'.
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