Monday, February 16, 2009

give me boob

Just like the title says...and you say this phrase quite a bit too...GIVE ME BOOB is what you are screaming at me right now...please mommmy boob..please boob.
This is quite an accomplishment to me. You are 32 months old and still breastfeeding.
This post will be short, but here is a story....
You came 8 weeks early. Mommies milk came in right away and I was pumping enough for you to eat. You ate an ounce every three hours. Of course you ate more as time passed.
I was still pumping when you came home. You couldn't breastfeed very well, you were very tiny, but mommy didn't mind pumping for you.
When you were 4 months old, mommies supply started to drop. Majorly. She had to actually give you formula because mommy couldn't pump enough for you to eat.
I cried. I felt like a failure. Formula made you SO SICK. I looked for others to say that it was ok to stop breastfeeding you. That I wouldn't be a bad mom or a failure. I can't even explain what that felt like.
Well mommy sought out alot of help from everyone. I started taking a medicine called Domperidone. It was a miracle. It got my supply up so I could pump enough for you. Around that time you also started nursing like a champ.
I look back and I think I would have regreted stopping breastfeeding. I love everytime you nurse. It's our special time that no one else can have with you.
I love listening to you breathing and even though you squirm quite a bit now, I still love every moment and wouldn't trade it for the world.

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