Hip, hip, hooray! Last week (wk 4) is when nursing started becoming less painful. A lot of healing has happened and my sister, Shana, helped by making me sit back and relax. Julia will be 6 weeks tomorrow and we are now enjoying this special time together.
However, Julia feeds for a long time!
A typical day looks like this:
7am-1pm constant feeding (not even a five minute break)
1pm-4pm nap
4pm-10pm constant feeding
10pm-3am sleep
3am-5am feeding
5am-7am sleep
I find myself spending all morning and all evening on the couch nursing. The only time I get up is during her afternoon nap. So I found this terrific baby carrier that I can move in and she can nurse. Yesterday we purchased it and today I have been doing some housework and loving it! 5 weeks on the couch was too much for me. I still love to sit and nurse to connect, but it is nice to have some freedom back. Breastfeeding has taken a lot of dedication from me, I stuck with it and now I am so glad I did.
Lisa, it will get better and easier! Once my nursers got to six weeks I was able to actually take them off the breast and get them onto some sort of schedule. I always found that taking them out of the house was an easy way to get them t stop nursing. I know that sounds obvious but I made it a point to get them strapped into the car seat and out of the house so they would stop nursing. If I was home they needed to be at the breast but out in the world there was way too much to see!
ReplyDeleteI also became an expert at walking, nursing and pushing a stroller! Multi tasking is key.
Enjoy every minute, they grow up so fast!