last month, i got my "friend." after almost a year and a half of not dealing with my "friend," i was annoyed to see her again! i had just weaned myself from pumping, so i was hoping i would have at least a couple months of freedom, but no, no, no. my body knew i was done pumping, so then my "friend" arrived. ugh.
i've always been very regular, so i naturally assumed that since my "friend" was back, i would be back to my regular cycle. well, that doesn't seem to be the case. i am 5 days late. and no, i am not pregnant. i repeat, i am NOT pregnant.
i KNEW i couldn't be pregnant, but i still panicked. i mentioned that we were having sex again but honestly, there really was no way i could be pregnant...so every morning when i went on the scale and saw an increase of 1 pound, i thought, omg i'm pregnant. then all of a sudden i started to have this metallic, bitter taste in the back of my throat. i've heard some people get that when they're pregnant! again, i panicked, omg, am i pregnant?? i can't be!
turns out, the metallic, bitter taste is acid reflux. i got it all of a sudden, and it messed with my head. increase of 1 pound each day probably had to do with the fact that i indulged in pizza and wings over the weekend. :p hehe, whoops.
i still haven't gotten my "friend," but amy assured me and said that it could take some time for the "friend" to come back regularly.
whew!
did it take you some time before your "friend" came regularly? i'm not the only one panicking each day waiting for my friend, right? ;)
Showing posts with label weaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weaning. Show all posts
10.04.2012
8.28.2012
who's the baby? : by jean
last week, i had miles try formula for the first time. a lot of my friends encouraged me to try it out before i wean just to make sure miles will take it. he drank it as if there was no difference! so, i'm blessed with a non picky eater, but a part of me was like "what the heck? can't you tell the difference? i've been pumping my girls out non-stop for over 7 months, and you can't tell the difference?? don't you know that i'm the dairy queen who's been providing you with liquid gold??"
there was not even a flinch in his face as he downed his bottle.
who's being the baby now? yes, its me. i know. but do you guys get what i mean?
i had this conversation over lunch with a friend of mine and she said her daughter gulped it down as if she was given chocolate milk. we go out of our way to pump this liquid gold but these babies-- MY baby (i shouldn't generalize) couldn't tell the difference at all!
miles, one day you will read this and laugh. :)
there was not even a flinch in his face as he downed his bottle.
who's being the baby now? yes, its me. i know. but do you guys get what i mean?
i had this conversation over lunch with a friend of mine and she said her daughter gulped it down as if she was given chocolate milk. we go out of our way to pump this liquid gold but these babies-- MY baby (i shouldn't generalize) couldn't tell the difference at all!
miles, one day you will read this and laugh. :)
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| miles's 7 month picture |
8.16.2012
to be free : by jean
it's been about a month since i went back to working everyday, and i decreased my pumping times to only twice a day. it's been GREAT only having to pump in the morning and at night. now i'm thinking of trying to decrease it even more to only ONE pump a day. freedom is right around the corner, i can just taste it!
i know i'm so fortunate for being a dairy queen and being able to easily pump out 40 oz a day. even now with 2 pumps, i get about 10-12oz per pumping session, so total, about 20-24 oz a day. because i still have a good amount in the freezer, miles has plenty to drink from even if i stop pumping soon.
we are planning to go on a trip to Korea in october and i want to be selfish and not bring a pump and avoid dealing with all that there. is that awful of me? if we didn't have that trip planned, i may have been more open to pumping until miles was ready to transition into cow's milk. i want to give him breastmilk until he starts drinking cow's milk, but i want to be free from the pump. i've been exclusively pumping for almost 7 months and i just want to be done. i'm so tired of getting my girls squeezed every single day, wearing a nursing pad in this heat and dealing with boob sweat! gosh that sounds so awful, especially when you write it out like that! my doctor says it's really up to me if i want to stop pumping and start giving him formula. miles had breastmilk exclusively for almost 7 months and now that he's started to eat solids, soon his milk intake will decrease. so i'm wondering if i just start pumping once a day for the next few weeks to slowly wean myself off and then once my frozen supply runs out, start him on formula. he'll only be on formula for a few months before transitioning into cow's milk.
on top of that, am i gonna gain weight? i sound so shallow, but i lost an extra 8 pounds on top of my pregnancy weight. i would LOVE to stay where i'm at. my friend told me that producing 1 oz of breastmilk burns about 26 calories. that means every time i pumped out 40 oz a day, my girls helped me burn 1,040 calories!! if i stop pumping, does this mean i'll actually have to work out to keep the weight off??
on a sidenote, did you know that to help reduce milk production, you can drink shik hae (Korean sweet rice drink)?
sikhye (also spelled shikhye or shikeh; also occasionally termed dansul or gamju) is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert. In addition to its liquid ingredients, sikhye contains grains of cooked rice and in some cases pine nuts. (wikipedia)
mama lee (my mom) told me this and it seems to be a known fact among older Korean moms. i told amy about it when she was weaning, so she drank one can a day and also put cabbage leaves on her girls (amy: I went to bed with a cabbage bar in my boobs!). it seemed to work. right amy? (amy: Yup, it did! Weaning took overall 1-2 weeks and wasn't all too painful. Thank you, Sikhye!).
so i want to start drinking shik hae soon. just to be clear...do i think formula is bad? absolutely not. do i think breastmilk is better? absolutely yes! i'm not one to think that formula is in any way bad for babies. plenty of kids grow up only drinking formula. if there were no pumps, miles may only have been fed formula since he never latched on.
clearly i'm a bit torn. i know what i WANT to do, but i sort of feel guilty wanting to stop when i'm blessed with so much liquid gold.
when did you stop pumping or breastfeeding? what are some methods you used to wean?
on weaning, did you know that if you stop too suddenly, that you can fall into depression? i read about it in a cup of jo...one of my favorite blogs!
i know i'm so fortunate for being a dairy queen and being able to easily pump out 40 oz a day. even now with 2 pumps, i get about 10-12oz per pumping session, so total, about 20-24 oz a day. because i still have a good amount in the freezer, miles has plenty to drink from even if i stop pumping soon.
we are planning to go on a trip to Korea in october and i want to be selfish and not bring a pump and avoid dealing with all that there. is that awful of me? if we didn't have that trip planned, i may have been more open to pumping until miles was ready to transition into cow's milk. i want to give him breastmilk until he starts drinking cow's milk, but i want to be free from the pump. i've been exclusively pumping for almost 7 months and i just want to be done. i'm so tired of getting my girls squeezed every single day, wearing a nursing pad in this heat and dealing with boob sweat! gosh that sounds so awful, especially when you write it out like that! my doctor says it's really up to me if i want to stop pumping and start giving him formula. miles had breastmilk exclusively for almost 7 months and now that he's started to eat solids, soon his milk intake will decrease. so i'm wondering if i just start pumping once a day for the next few weeks to slowly wean myself off and then once my frozen supply runs out, start him on formula. he'll only be on formula for a few months before transitioning into cow's milk.
on top of that, am i gonna gain weight? i sound so shallow, but i lost an extra 8 pounds on top of my pregnancy weight. i would LOVE to stay where i'm at. my friend told me that producing 1 oz of breastmilk burns about 26 calories. that means every time i pumped out 40 oz a day, my girls helped me burn 1,040 calories!! if i stop pumping, does this mean i'll actually have to work out to keep the weight off??
on a sidenote, did you know that to help reduce milk production, you can drink shik hae (Korean sweet rice drink)?
sikhye (also spelled shikhye or shikeh; also occasionally termed dansul or gamju) is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert. In addition to its liquid ingredients, sikhye contains grains of cooked rice and in some cases pine nuts. (wikipedia)
mama lee (my mom) told me this and it seems to be a known fact among older Korean moms. i told amy about it when she was weaning, so she drank one can a day and also put cabbage leaves on her girls (amy: I went to bed with a cabbage bar in my boobs!). it seemed to work. right amy? (amy: Yup, it did! Weaning took overall 1-2 weeks and wasn't all too painful. Thank you, Sikhye!).
so i want to start drinking shik hae soon. just to be clear...do i think formula is bad? absolutely not. do i think breastmilk is better? absolutely yes! i'm not one to think that formula is in any way bad for babies. plenty of kids grow up only drinking formula. if there were no pumps, miles may only have been fed formula since he never latched on.
clearly i'm a bit torn. i know what i WANT to do, but i sort of feel guilty wanting to stop when i'm blessed with so much liquid gold.
when did you stop pumping or breastfeeding? what are some methods you used to wean?
on weaning, did you know that if you stop too suddenly, that you can fall into depression? i read about it in a cup of jo...one of my favorite blogs!
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