Breast Feeding....Ahhh...
Not the easiest task for something that is proclaimed to be so NATURAL! Baby doesn't latch, nipples get cracked, nipples bleed, baby is frustrated, mommy is crying and cringing every time baby is hungry, etc...
HOLY SHIT!!! Could it have been any harder! I love how all the horror stories of having children are mostly of labor and delivery. No one ever details the horror of pregnancy nor the horrors of post pregnancy. They are like the unspoken tragedies of motherhood. Breast Feeding woes being one of them. Perhaps not all women experience such a difficult time of it, but man is it not easy!
However, after much frustration, hard core double pumping and extensive psycho analysis, we, the baby and I, have managed to get this breast feeding thing down! We have developed a routine, I have not had cracked or bloody nipples since. The soreness comes and goes and I do still experience the occasional engorgement but definitely not the horror show it once was.
And I produce a shit load of milk! 5oz from each breast! You would think I had twins. I guess that is a good thing. No wonder he is in a coma after he eats, lol!
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