No new is No news. Last LC appt (for now)

until i meet the new one that my baby girls insurance covers :) Im going to miss those ladies quite a bit. they are SO wonderful.

anyhow, my last appt with her was anticlimactic. i learned that M is 9#11oz (birthweight was 8#6oz, went down to 7#13 oz before discharge and so she has gained nearly 2 lbs in less than 28 days of life! excellent job M!

we discussed my recent issue with supply. might have downregulated a bit too much. ill be taking Blessed Thistle and Fenugreek if the supply doesnt straighten out. the dosage for fenugreek is typically 3 capsules 3x a day,

and BT is about 2-3 capsules 3x a day.

im going to hold of on the BT for now though because clearly my body is very sensitive to supply :)

i pumped at 230. got 3oz total.

at the appt my girl only took in .5 oz.

i got home around 630 and managed to pump a little shy of 5 ounces.

so in 4 hours i made 5 oz.

its odd to think that just last week i was pumping out 5 oz EACH BREAST in a 2 hour sitting! what a strange phenomenon the human body is! and how intense is it that it can change so much!?

im grateful though. i know things can change for the better or worse in a short period of time and so im not too worried.

LC was a little concerned that when i fed her with the bottle she began sucking instead of compressing, even though we're using a breastflow bottle (more on those in a later post).

we'll get the hang of it girl.

i know i get frustrated.

but even though it feels neverending and like ive been battling these issues forever, its only been a month.

we got this :)