"I forgot to send frozen milk this morning, so I get to make a trip to Mesa later this morning. Doh! Is it weird that I’m both excited about weaning and anxious at the same time? I’m excited to have my time/body back, but will miss the protection I know he gets against our illnesses."
"I go back and forth over the 2 or 3 question. Last week I had the door wide open. This week it’s almost closed. Tho, officially, my stance is let’s just have 2, see what that’s like and make the final decision once we’re in that place. Unless of course the next one is actually a twofer. In which case, the door will be closed forever!"
"I’m so excited for you! I almost had myself convinced the other day I was ready for another. Almost. Then I remembered morning sickness and fatigue and invasion of the body snatchers and I changed my mind."
"I hate menstrual migraines! Laying on the floor in my living room with C playing around me and popping Advil every 5-6 hours. Waiting for the MC repair guy to show up."
"I really hate how my milk production fluctuates now that my cycles have resumed! I continue to feel torn about weaning, but sometimes wonder if I'll even make it another 6 weeks or so."
[Wow. Reading back over those texts makes me think of my high school chemistry teacher's comment to me: "these are informal assignments. you don't have to write that way."]
Aaannywho, in other news, my kid is keeping me simultaneously amazed and busy. He's very mobile and very purposeful and determined. So, you can imagine. He's so fun to be around and I'm enjoying being his mother.
If you know me, you know I'm kind of weirded out by birthday parties and have sworn to keep my kids' parties extremely basic and simple. Even so, M and I have plotted out a simple 1st birthday party for the Bug - albeit bigger in scope than any other is sure to be until he's in double digits. I figure the kid was cheated out of Christmas last year, so why not. Besides which it's really a celebration for all of us making it out of the first year alive and well (actually, more that I made it a year pumping exclusively. . . longest year of my life has been comprised of 30-40 minute stints of pumping 4-8 times a day. . . )
~Nichole
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If you're still nursing and interested, I found some supplements that help with the supply fluctuations from your cycle. It was so bad for me that right before my period I'd go nearly dry and poor Grant was starving. I thought I was going to have to wean him... till I found the supplements and we managed to make it a few months longer. Dang cycles... here's to hoping mine don't come back this time until after I wean!
P.S. If you want the 4 year old, I'm willing to give him away for free today. (though I might ask for him back by the weekend)
breastfeeding is a love/hate relationship and I was so glad/so sad to quit.
I'm jealous you went so long without a period. I get three weeks.
and birthday parties... With B I was all "they won't remember it isn't worth it la de da da da"
Yeah
Who was I fooling?
They won't remember but they will have fun that day and you will remember and I regret B's firt birthday so much I can't stand it.
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