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Sunday, 01 July 2007

  • making up

    since i indulged in a day of fun yesterday at discovery kingdom (otherwise known as marine world) with jasper and v, i didn't pump for almost 10 hours.  i didn't feel engorged, i never really do, and the girls were not hard as rocks like other nursing moms tell me of their boobs when they get engorged, (although v said my bobos looked humungus.  i said it was just the top i was wearing.  haha) but there was some pain in my boobages, and by the time i got home, i really needed to pump it out.  i managed to pump out 7 and a half ounces in the one sitting.    but it was cut short because i had to tuck in the jasper.  after v left, i took a nice hot shower and an hour later, before i went to bed, i pumped one more time and another 2.  i was really surprised!   then it was another 8-9 hours without pumping again because p was in charge of night feedings last night so as soon as i woke up, i went straight to the pump and pumped out 6oz.  wowie!

    i am nervous about my supply though because you have to be consistent in your pumping to keep your supply consistent.  and as annoying as it is having to pump throughout the day, i am not ready to dry up yet.  i'm proud of myself that i've lasted this long and am giving bm this kind of nutrition that he otherwise wouldn't be getting if i were giving him only formula.  call it redemption after not being able to do this for jasper.

    so instead of every 3 hours today, if i can, i am going to try to pump every 2 to stimulate the girls, and hopefully my limited supply won't be less limited because of my selfishness of yesterday and this morning.  but i have to say that even though i was woken up by the cries of milo and jasper, being able to go back to sleep and not get out and stay out of bed was blissful!  i really needed it to recharge after the long week because i was an emotional wreck.  lack of sleep will do that to you.

Tuesday, 19 June 2007

  • toughen up

    my nipples are constantly hard.  and they hurt like a mother!  my nipples don't seem to be toughening up much, even though i'm pumping every 3 hours or so at a fairly strong suck.  at least i think it's a strong suck.  (and btw, i'm still only producing an ounce a boob at each pumping session.  hasn't increased yet.  and i'm still taking, and smelling like, fenugreek.  my supply still can't keep up with my bm's demand, who drinks 4oz every 3-4 hours.  *sigh*)

    at birth, one of my mommy friend's daughter sucked so hard that her nipples were bleeding.  OUCH.  now, she says her nipples have toughened up and she doesn't mind her daughter's strong sucking reflex anymore.  i still double over in pain as i slowly maximize the sucking power of the pump every couple of minutes.

    i went to visit yet another mommy friend of mine last week, and she told me to bring my pump attachments and use her pump so that i could hang out longer at her house.  great idea!... until i turned on her pump. 

    OH MY GOD. 

    we definitely had different pump models because as soon as i turned on her pump, my nipples were stretched and pulled to maximum length at an instant!  my nipple stretched to the length of my pinky!  (i might be exagerating just a little bit. but just a little bit)  my pump, which i borrowed from my cousin must be an older model because you can adjust the strength of the pump.  you can get from 0 to 60 at your own pace, but amy's pump went from 0 to 60 at ON.  i swear, her pump scared the milk out of my boobages!  i usually pump for about 25-30 minutes, but was done in 15 minutes, maybe even less after using her pump, which was actually a good thing.  but oh the pain!
    i asked amy if it hurt her at all, and she said not really.  i guess her nipples have toughened up too. 

    at the end of the day, i thanked her for letting me use her torture pump, which we now call the super sucker.
    i'm just weaksauce i guess.


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