Ryan gave me my push present, a gold necklace with a C initial and Claire's birthstone. Peridot is so pretty and I absolutely love it.
It will be nice to have on while I am away from her and at work.
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Ryan and I went on our first overnight date away from Claire, we really wanted to do something like this before I went back to work and the holidays arrived. My parents were more than happy to take Claire for the evening and then the planning began. We decided to stay in Solvang and wine taste in Los Olivos. It was perfect and exactly what we needed. We dropped off Claire, I cried, she cried, I cried and my mom reminded me that it was just for the night it wasn't like I was going to never come back. That helped, but I still cried all the way to the freeway and then my mom texted me a picture of Claire happily in her Boppy and I felt much much better. We arrived, we wine tasted, we danced, we laughed, we ate well, we slept and it was beautiful. I love vacation me/us, I miss the relaxed attitude that it brings and I plan on bringing that into my daily life. It is so easy to get wrapped up in tracking Claire's diapers and feedings while also trying to keep our house and my life in order. But this was a nice reminder to relax. Claire was a dream with my parents, she slept the entire night even. Lucky them :) Ryan gave me my push present, a gold necklace with a C initial and Claire's birthstone. Peridot is so pretty and I absolutely love it. It will be nice to have on while I am away from her and at work. Now I think I have a pretty high tolerance for pain, I went through 11 hours of labor with no meds but last Thursday/Friday I came across something I was not prepared for. My entire nipple had cracked and was pretty much hanging. What is even worse is that I had no idea that it was like that because it was so swollen I could not see what was happening. It was also bright purple due to the Gentian Violet that we were using to treat thrush. I rushed to the lactation consultant and she checked Claire's latch and her weight and she was doing just fine, she strongly urged that I get a prescription for All Purpose Nipple Ointment though, she thought it would help with any nipple pain from the thrush and that it could also help with this new pain. Let me describe the new pain, I thought I was constantly being stabbed all over my chest, it was not like anything I had read about online so I did not know how to treat it. Pumping hurt, breathing hurt, I could not even think about nursing Claire on that side. I had to feed Claire on the left and constantly pump the right because of the overproduction and because if it was full it hurt even more. Thursday night I poured myself a vodka and tried to sleep. I could not even sleep through this pain which made Friday a nightmare. The midwifes had not returned my calls and I really needed that ointment - so I went to the office and just sat there until someone would help me. I cried to strangers, to women in a breastfeeding support group [which I was annoyed my midwife didn't tell me about the 5 times I called that morning], to the front desk girl and finally to my midwife. I got my prescription and off I ran to the compound pharmacy, this ointment is a life saver. Ryan stayed home from work that evening and it really helped to take a break from breastfeeding on the right, not wearing a top at all, and using my ointment very very often. I am so thankful to my lactation consultant for pointing me in that direction because by 9am on Friday I was in so much pain that I really thought I would either have to pump exclusively or start to supplement, I am so thankful that we have got past that gigantic bump in the road and are back to breastfeeding on both breasts. Thrush seems to be getting a lot better and so does the overproduction, I am feeling so much better and plan on going back to that support group some time soon. Thank you to my mom, my husband and all my mama friends who listened to me rant and offered me all of their advice. thank you thank you thank you.
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Brittany
10/15/2013 07:51:24 am
Ugh that sounds terrible! So glad you are back on track and had a nice little vacay. Sometimes taking a night away can make all the difference- hopefully I'm next ;)
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Andrea
10/15/2013 09:34:09 am
ou're a good mama. Breastfeeding is tough in general but you've been through the ringer and have kept with it which is fantastic
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