Re-Lactation Day 20

Day 20 (Oct 4 2010)

Today i woke up leaking, so right now leaking and i have a love hate relationship. i love that im leaking cuz that tells me my supply is becoming plentiful yet i hate leaking because all the precious breast milk is going on the bedsheets and on my shirt rather then in a bottle. this morning i was able to pump 6oz in one sitting WOOOHOOO one whole bottle without blinking. today Samantha has had 2 breastmilk bottles and 1 formula bottle. she is now only taking in the milk that i pumped on Oct 1st. i started putting the milk into freezer bags and freezing it and this way its easier to keep track on which day shes drinking milk from that and i was running outta bottles. i have also spread out my pumping closer to the 3-4 hours mark, and i also pump after every time Samantha eats (which is normally 3-4 hours anyways) sometimes in the morning i do every 2 hours still. its easier to pump when Samantha is sleeping rather then when shes awake. i got in a bad habit of propping her formula bottles up and im now trying to get her right close into me to simulate the nursing position while shes bottle feeding .

Today Samantha fought be to nap she had just eaten and was tired, and oh boy did my breast ache while she was having her little screaming fit. i wish she would be more inclined to comfort suck on the breast then the paci or Nuker as we call it.

tomorrow marks our 3 week milestone. YAY its been alot of hard work to get to this point but im so glad im doing this even for a the little benefit Samantha would get from even an ounce of breastmilk.

i am also reaching my goal this week to pump as close to or even 2oz of breast milk every pumping session. its great when i can have two sessions and i have 8oz, thats one full 6oz bottle PLUS 2oz for the next its awesome.

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