My Life as A Radical Whore/Madonna

Many appointments… So much to do…

I’m pretty tired - waiting for Stella to enter into a reasonably deep sleep so I can put her down and (guess what!) pump. I may be able to get my hands on a more powerful pump, so perhaps that could make my life a bit simpler.

I had my second 6 week checkup today (today was with my midwife - last week was with my O.B.). All is well. My uterus is almost back to it’s original shape and my c-section wound is healing pretty well. It still gets a little achy sometimes. I’m down 24 pounds. And I feel good.

This week is all about figuring out how to travel outside our home by way of public transportation. So much crap to carry around - yesterday I had a backpack/diaper bag, a food bag, a car seat and of course the baby. There was a lot of stopping and adjusting. Today, I was able to do without the carseat and it made a big difference.

Good news! I am now able to increase breastfeeding at the breast to twice per day. I’m quite pleased and so is Stella. That also makes it easier for me to catch up with my pumping and general milk supply maintenance. I really hope that one day we can just breastfeed normally because it would be so much simpler. Anyone who tells you that breastfeeding is harder than bottle feeding is a fucking liar - trust me. All this mixing and heating and getting out of bed is a pain in the ass.

Anyway, gotta go get sleep. And milk. Milk first, then sleep.

Take care, everyone. I’ll write more when I can.

Atena McMilkyboobs

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