Friday, March 17, 2006
Day 18 - and we're finally figuring things out
Progress...finally!!!
Yesterday mom figured out how Molly likes to sleep and I got some decent rest in the afternoon.
Last night, I called one of my doulas to get the contact information for a lactation consultant and instead she came over to see Molly (she hadn't see her since the torpedo birth) and to see if she could see what was going on. Basically, I'd been having trouble with Molly's mount and dismount...both hurt A LOT - but the feed itself didn't hurt at all and I didn't have any nipple damage so I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. All I knew was that if Molly decided to try to take my nipple "to go" (where she would bite down and then hurl her head away from my breast in an attempt to dislodge my nipple permanently) one more time I was going to go insane. Turns out my laziness was the problem. I was allowing her to slip off because I wasn't holding her head or my breast consistently. I was also just pushing her head into my breast instead of bringing her whole body towards me.
So last night was our best night yet. Molly's feeding went to a 3 hour cycle instead of 2 or 1 hours so we both got some decent rest. She didn't fuss at all before going to sleep. She didn't squack or talk in her sleep. She fed efficiently, burped well, and didn't cause me any nipple pain at all. It's like the skies have opened up and golden light is shining down on us. Asking for help was the BEST thing I've ever done!
Now nothing in life is perfect...we're all of a sudden experiencing a poo deficit but I'm sure that won't last.
Yesterday mom figured out how Molly likes to sleep and I got some decent rest in the afternoon.
Last night, I called one of my doulas to get the contact information for a lactation consultant and instead she came over to see Molly (she hadn't see her since the torpedo birth) and to see if she could see what was going on. Basically, I'd been having trouble with Molly's mount and dismount...both hurt A LOT - but the feed itself didn't hurt at all and I didn't have any nipple damage so I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. All I knew was that if Molly decided to try to take my nipple "to go" (where she would bite down and then hurl her head away from my breast in an attempt to dislodge my nipple permanently) one more time I was going to go insane. Turns out my laziness was the problem. I was allowing her to slip off because I wasn't holding her head or my breast consistently. I was also just pushing her head into my breast instead of bringing her whole body towards me.
So last night was our best night yet. Molly's feeding went to a 3 hour cycle instead of 2 or 1 hours so we both got some decent rest. She didn't fuss at all before going to sleep. She didn't squack or talk in her sleep. She fed efficiently, burped well, and didn't cause me any nipple pain at all. It's like the skies have opened up and golden light is shining down on us. Asking for help was the BEST thing I've ever done!
Now nothing in life is perfect...we're all of a sudden experiencing a poo deficit but I'm sure that won't last.
# posted by Dana Corkey @ 10:21 AM 
