dehydrated mom, unsatiated baby

Let me come clean and say besides fear of contagion, I didn't want ds in bed with me was because I just felt so miserable and wanted some time and space to recuperate. The night before last (DH was at work) the baby woke up 7 times in 6 1/2 hours. Plus I was so dehydrated that when he latched on I instantly felt thirsty.

I didn't mention in the OP, because I wasn't well enough to spend a long time typing, I spent the afternoon in the ER yesterday. I received two bags of IV fluids and the minute the second bag was gone I felt sick and sweaty again. DH tried to give the baby a bottle of formula but he didn't like it, so he had it in rice cereal at lunchtime and again at bedtime. I had managed to pump a total of 5 ounces between 6pm and midnight and that was enough for DH to do the overnight shift with the babe. Meanwhile I pumped 3 oz at 4am, got some decent sleep and am feeling like myself again! Still sick, but no longer desperate.

After reading kellymom [a GREAT resource,by the way], I decided against using Fenugreek because I really don't want AF to come back any sooner than it has to (I happily didn't get it until ds1 was 15 months). I realized that pumping without visible results could stimulate production & have done that. Also, I think that ds has too much solid food in his diet--today I cut back and he had morning cereal and half a container of Gerber veggies at dinnertime. I think I am almost back to normal on the milk front. my lips are still dry dry dry, using olive oil on them now (any other tips?)

Thanks for the support, and I can usually be of help to others because ds1 breastfed until age 3 1/2. It rocks