It's hard to believe that little E is already 10 days old! The past week has flown by in a blur of feeding, changing diapers, pumping milk, receiving visitors, and not getting much sleep. E appears to be thriving, and when we went to the pediatrician on Tuesday he had just about regained his birth weight. I had a fabulous
lactation consultant come to the house the day we were discharged from the hospital and that was definitely a good move. I had done pretty well with nursing at the hospital, but the lactation consultant helped me with my latch, gave me a feeding plan, and gave me a pump to rent. Interestingly, this lactation consultant, recommended by my pediatrician, taught the breastfeeding class that D and I attended at the hospital the night before E was born--in fact, I was timing contractions during the class.
I'll write more about the week leading up to E's birth and his birth story in the next few days, but for now I've got to sleep. Here's a preview of what went on at our house in the week leading up to E's birth (this picture is from the day before he was born):
2 comments:
Yay! I'm glad things are going well. Our hospital has a weekly breastfeeding support group run by a great lactation consultant. It was very helpful and comforting to be able to ask questions of her and talk with other mamas nursing their babies. I still keep in touch with some of the women I met there. Your hospital may offer something like that or there might be a local La Leche League meeting you could go to, if you find yourself wanting more (and free) breastfeeding support.
Save that photo--in a few years he will be so mad that he missed having a digger in his backyard! :)
Post a Comment