Posted by pinkreindeer
on Mon 14 Aug 06, 4:06 PM to pinkreindeer's blog.
I spend a lot of time thinking about my boobs since H was born...had some really nasty problems with them over the weekend...very very painful and not at all in a good way! Still hurt, but nowhere near as much...as in I'm not crying any more!
F is very happy about the fact that I'm obliged to get my boobs out around about every two hours too...although I'm going to attempt to get my six week appointment slightly early, if I don't my jaw may change shape permanently...
Cracked nipples, by the way are NOT fun...but they do look worse than they feel...they look quite terrifying actually, random deep hole in the nipple...
I'm going to go back to the infant feeding clinic again in a few weeks, the wonderful nurse there (who told me I was doing everything right and perfectly and that I'm wonderful in general!) has offered to do a expressing and storing breast milk class with me...which will make it MUCH easier than just reading about it and will allow F to do one or two feeds a day...especially as H has already mastered lapping from a cup (soooooo adorable to watch, like a little kitten!) as I'm not a fan of bottles.
We have had some very amusing (for me not H!) moments when she's pulled off just as my let down has properly started...she does not enjoy having milk squirted in her eyes! Made me and F fall about laughing though...
Although it's hard, I am loving breastfeeding (and F loves my frighteningly large boobs!)...if nothing else, it means visitors have to run round after me rather than taking over feeding while I make the tea!
Have had a lot less stress from the midwife types now I've seen the health visitor...lucky for us the health visitor is into attatchment parenting (www.attatchmentparenting.org) too (apart from the co-sleeping bit) and is a veggie and brought her kids up veggie...hurray!
Pinkxxx
Edited Mon 14 Aug 06, 4:09 PM by pinkreindeer
