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Anika was born last Thursday and while I am meaning to write up the birth story I just don't have the patience for it right now.
Breastfeeding is a real challenge this time around. We are having all the same problems that Mila and I had when she was born - a narrow latch, sliding off after latching and chomping on the nipple within the first 3 seconds, tongue-thrusting, and then of course I am having oversupply issues again resulting in near-constant engorgement, forceful let-down (if she's not attached it will spray several feet on its own) and OMIGOD painful let-down both during nursing and at random times between sessions.
I've dealt with this all before and slogged through it until things got easier. The cabbage, the ice, the pumping, the motrin, the frustrating latch and unlatch and relatch repeat x20 until either the latch seems better or the baby and I are both so frantic and annoyed that I just grit my teeth and get through it.
The last few weeks of this pregnancy were so uncomfortable and painful, I just couldn't wait until she was born and that part would be over. I guess I forgot about the discomforts of breastfeeding and how demoralizing the process can be.
I'm not quitting or anything, not tonight anyway. I'm just getting through the next feeding and then the one after that and hopefully it will be getting easier soon. There is more I'd like to say but the baby is hungry and crying... ugh...
Breastfeeding is a real challenge this time around. We are having all the same problems that Mila and I had when she was born - a narrow latch, sliding off after latching and chomping on the nipple within the first 3 seconds, tongue-thrusting, and then of course I am having oversupply issues again resulting in near-constant engorgement, forceful let-down (if she's not attached it will spray several feet on its own) and OMIGOD painful let-down both during nursing and at random times between sessions.
I've dealt with this all before and slogged through it until things got easier. The cabbage, the ice, the pumping, the motrin, the frustrating latch and unlatch and relatch repeat x20 until either the latch seems better or the baby and I are both so frantic and annoyed that I just grit my teeth and get through it.
The last few weeks of this pregnancy were so uncomfortable and painful, I just couldn't wait until she was born and that part would be over. I guess I forgot about the discomforts of breastfeeding and how demoralizing the process can be.
I'm not quitting or anything, not tonight anyway. I'm just getting through the next feeding and then the one after that and hopefully it will be getting easier soon. There is more I'd like to say but the baby is hungry and crying... ugh...