tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186701529721090687.post1152611130439047306..comments2023-04-24T08:08:51.989-07:00Comments on Stuck in the Waiting Room: The Boob TalkLileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09827780055657053096noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186701529721090687.post-46677452174414648252016-02-19T16:09:33.410-08:002016-02-19T16:09:33.410-08:00I have a breastfeeding post in my head too, but st...I have a breastfeeding post in my head too, but still haven't gotten around to writing it. The internet REALLY needs to know about the time that I got a blocked duct so bad that I made my husband suck it out. I too was happy to be able to breastfeed, mostly because it's cheap and I'm lazy and I couldn't imagine all the extra time out of bed at night prepping bottles. I'm aiming to get to a year as well, although we've already started the transition to cow's milk (suggested by my pediatrician as ok anytime after 9 months, but we've been going slow, so far he gets some in a sippy with lunch but that's it). After a bit of initial hesitation he seems to really like it now, so I don't think it will be too bad but I also like that quiet time first thing in the morning and just before he gets ready for bed. I have no intentions of doing it forever, but if Q still wants an early morning/before bed boob for a little while after he starts daycare then I'm OK with it. I'm also a huge fan of the breastfeeding diet and not eager for my metabolism to go back to normal. Mama likes her daily Starbucks cookie.Aramishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275274008426941898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186701529721090687.post-31316879626361664842016-02-18T20:55:31.317-08:002016-02-18T20:55:31.317-08:00YES to this entire post. Every word. Thank you so ...YES to this entire post. Every word. Thank you so much for gathering the time to write it. I can relate to almost everything, except we didn't have any early struggles and things were smooth sailing right away (I know, bitch!) I just wanted to see how things would go. I didn't pressure myself into a must-breastfeed-for-X-amount-of-time goals, but went it was going well in the early stages, I decided three months, then six months. Now I'm waiting to give her breastmilk for a year (but not necessarily breastfeed) and I have the same time line of wanting to cut her off from the boob by my birthday (May 22) but have enough milk from my supply to make it to her first B-day (July 6th) I also had an oversupply and pumped in the wee hours of the morning, or else I would have woken up in a puddle. I'm glad those days are behind me, as are the days of leaking in public. My milk supply has dropped a bit (instead of pumping 5-6 oz, I'm struggling to make 3-4) so I'm hitting the beer, ice cream, gatorade. mother's milk tea, and oatmeal cookies hard. Since we started thawing milk while she is in Day Care, I've still be able to freeze more bags per week than we needed to defrost, but last week was the first week I defrosted 6 and only put back 5. I want to be able to do a Costco run and make healthy meals that we can defrost, but I need to wait until until the chest freezer isn't full of breastmilk! Yet, I'll cry when I use that last bag of milk. I also never felt that breastfeeding made me bond more with Kate, and I often joked that we must ahve been doing it wrong. I think there is some company that makes a necklace with a drop of your breastmilk, so you always have a momento. <br />I also felt validated by breastfeeding. I sucked at getting pregnant and being pregnant. But I rocked breastfeeding, which If I had the choices (I'm Team IVF and Team C/section) I'd give up a natural conception and vaginal delivery to be able to breastfeed, both for the savings and I think it's really kept her healthyjAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186701529721090687.post-20124935337785167532016-02-18T13:40:37.800-08:002016-02-18T13:40:37.800-08:00Isn't it crazy how one minute something can be...Isn't it crazy how one minute something can be so hard and then, out of the blue...with no recollection of how it happened, things are suddenly better...and then out of nowhere, the rug can get pulled out from under you and you're back in a rough patch?? Ah, motherhood. A series of triumph, setbacks, joy, and doubt. <br /><br />Yay for you for sticking with it...not because "breast is best" (I'm with you; not a "lactivist")...but because it clearly hasn't been easy, and you should be proud for how far you've come. My supply was dropping much faster than I had hoped near the end of James' first year and I was supplementing much more than I intended. I think I only nursed once a day at the end, which actually worked out okay because then my body was ready to be done. Weaning him completely was tricky though because he really didn't want to give up that last feeding (WARNING: it messed with his sleep...*I REALLY hope that's not the case for you*).<br /><br />I get what you mean about wanting the last time to be a special memory...I felt the same way. Nothing weird or wrong about that! You will love the convenience of whole milk, though!! So much better easier than formula or breastfeeding...although he'll rarely drink it cold and I haven't figured out how to get James to drink it from anything other than a bottle. He'll drink anything else for other containers...but not milk!<br /><br />Good luck making it to that year mark...I bet you'll do it...you're nearly there!Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475215174723439229noreply@blogger.com