Showing posts with label breastfeeding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breastfeeding. Show all posts

May 18, 2012

I'll Be Frank

This was GOING to be a post where I release all of my randomness. I've also seen it written as a brain dump, but instead, I think it's time I come clean. Stand up like the adult I am and admit I have a problem.... 
She's taken to the drink folks! That's right. I've resorted to drinking and I wish I liked it better then I do. And we ARE talking about alcohol here... Some of you newer followers are probably thinking Wait, doesn't she have a breastfeeding infant at home? And the answer is without a doubt, yes!

 Breastfeeding a 3 month old who is demanding more then what I'm making, is driving me crazy with stress...And this is where I come clean...No, I'm not drinking because I'm stressed but because it's supposed to increase your milk supply.

I love play on words, hee hee--- Anyway, before you ask, yes I've taken almost everything there is out there i.e Fenugreek, Blessed Thistle, Mothers Milk Tea, More Milk Plus drops, Oatmeal which I'm currently still on, Raspberry tea, and now beer...

I drink half a Samuel Adams after my last feeding of the night which gives my body plenty of time to process the alcohol out of the milk. It seems to be helping but the problem lye's in the fact that, I HATE BEER! I'm a wine and hard liquor kinda girl, ha! So I went to my best friend "Google" and asked what was it about beer that increased breastmilk production. It's the HOPS folks. So being the genius I am, I took my happy hiney down to our local Super Supplements and bought Hops pills. Should fix that! Here's to hoping because I dread the nightly beer...For all you beer drinkers, you probably think I nuts but the truth is I like those wimpy sugary drinks;)

I'm up for any other suggestions you've tried, that worked...Ya know, in case this genius idea flops and I have to revert back to my bag of tricks;)

I was going to write a bit more on this but Sugarcube is done with her tenth catnap of the day and is screaming at me through the monitor:) Isn't alcohol supposed to put them out??? I kid!





May 5, 2012

The Unthinkable...

Pretty much, the unthinkable just happened and I'm pissed! Well it's unthinkable if your a breastfeeding momma who struggles to build even just a few ounces of milk for your reserve, of late...

Sugarcube has been showing her "I love you Mommy" side by sleeping like such a big girl; 8 hours straight for 4 nights in a row! So naturally I wake up 4 hours into this awesome new sleeping schedule, engorged, needing to pump.

~I realize this next sentence is a run on, for all you grammar freaks~

Afterwards, sleepy ol' me goes and knocks over the bottle of much coveted liquid gold in my hurry to wash bottles and pumping items to get my cute mommy bunz back in the bed before the sleepies wore off.

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I knew it was going to happen eventually---Spilt milk.

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But then the next unthinkable thing happened. Well, more like something I NEVER thought I would do as a new mom.

~Run on sentence number 2~

I proceed to stand there with a hospital grade syringe trying to salvage the 2 ounces I carelessly fed to my VERY STERILE counter top at 4:00 in the morning, no less.

Blink, Blink....
SERIOUSLY!!!
I managed to save 1.5 ounces. So that's better then nothing;)

If you're already a breastfeeding mom, you're relating to me right this minute. I KNOW YOU ARE because we lactating moms go into crazy hulk mode when it comes to messing with our freezer stash. Am I right! I mean, that stash is our ticket to freedom from baby for a few hours!!! Without it, we are constantly attached at the hip to our lovable little chunks and as much as we love our babies, moms need a time out too---

So this is where I say "Goodnite" to y'all because I'm still sorta steaming over that last .5 of an ounce that my stupid syringe refused to suck up so I'm gonna go sleep it off, ha!

Run on sentance number 3; damn I'm good!