I love nursing my lil man. I never realized what a blessing it is to pick up your baby and nurse when he cries. After being stuck in ICU for 3 weeks and following their stupid feeding schedules/measurements etc...it feels so so so good I can't put into words to just feed him when he wants it, how long he wants. He has started to sleep with it now lol. He will nurse and then keep his latch and crash out. I have to sneak it out so I can roll over and not be stuck on my side. He's in love with his booby.
I get a little sore on the left. He has a small mouth and his tounge seems a tad shorter than my last. I have to get him a big mouthfull for him to realize it's there and to start sucking. On my left side for some reason he has a little more trouble and I have to aim at the roof of his mouth to hit his reflex and get him going. It makes that side a bit sore, especially on the first couple sucks. But all in all I have nothing to complain about.
When he was in ICU I had to pump every 3 hours to keep up a supply for when he started nursing. I had about 4 gallons worth of breastmilk in the freezer. We had to go shopping and I had to get rid of it. My midwives hooked me up with a local mama who had a breast reduction surgery and has low supply issues that she supplements. The milk bank wants to charge her 1.50 per ounce, which from what I hear is a screaming deal, but still so much money. Anyway-I donated all that milk to her...I can't tell you how great it felt to watch her hubby carry away that ice chest full of booby juice. It just made me feel like some really good stuff came out of a really awful experience. I just had to share. I wish I could milk all the babies who need it-there are so many. It is truly a blessing to be able to nurse and to have enough-I'm so grateful!
I get a little sore on the left. He has a small mouth and his tounge seems a tad shorter than my last. I have to get him a big mouthfull for him to realize it's there and to start sucking. On my left side for some reason he has a little more trouble and I have to aim at the roof of his mouth to hit his reflex and get him going. It makes that side a bit sore, especially on the first couple sucks. But all in all I have nothing to complain about.
When he was in ICU I had to pump every 3 hours to keep up a supply for when he started nursing. I had about 4 gallons worth of breastmilk in the freezer. We had to go shopping and I had to get rid of it. My midwives hooked me up with a local mama who had a breast reduction surgery and has low supply issues that she supplements. The milk bank wants to charge her 1.50 per ounce, which from what I hear is a screaming deal, but still so much money. Anyway-I donated all that milk to her...I can't tell you how great it felt to watch her hubby carry away that ice chest full of booby juice. It just made me feel like some really good stuff came out of a really awful experience. I just had to share. I wish I could milk all the babies who need it-there are so many. It is truly a blessing to be able to nurse and to have enough-I'm so grateful!
Karen. My toes are feeling just fine. That was all truth there! My first two had formula only and indeed they are healthy and vibrant little people. Not in ANY way downplaying how great breast milk is for babies but it's not the end all and be all Mama. 
My DS was mostly formula fed, and he is awesome... but I felt I missed so much with both his birth and then having nursing not work out despite my every effort. I thought this pregnancy and birth would be my chance at healing. I'm 40 now, and odds are quite good this was my last pg. Well the birth went all to hell (but at least for valid reasons this time) and I'm grieving that, on top of missed time as a newborn since she was in the special care nursery for 7 days. I am going to try my best in the next 9 weeks before I go back to work, and then all I can do is be satisfied with that. Thanks again for listening to me!
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