Wednesday, January 22, 2003

The Pediatrician told me yesterday that my milk production would drop drastically around my 6th month of pregnancy. I thought I had time, but tonight Lauren fell asleep frustrated and crying, because I couldn't make enough milk to fill her stomach. I'm not very happy about that. :(

*I know the milk's *there*, as I managed to give Lauren a decent feeding just now, before 3 am. However, it was very frustrating to feed her at the normal time before bed, and not get let-down. WTF? Sometimes it happens, but not with such frustrating results- generally she manages to get a somewhat decent "snack". Also, this doesn't usually happen when it's been 2 hours or more since a previous feeding.. Grrr. I was trying to stimulate let-down myself while she tried.. not working. I was literally squeezing one side while she the other, to see what was coming out- practically nothing. She was very unhappy, and I felt really bad. And she did actually fall asleep there, probably exhausted from her efforts. Poor kiddo girl. I hope this doesn't start becoming a habit?

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