flasher ***now with milolicious updates!***
maybe it's that after the thousands that have now viewed my hoo-ha (and the signifcant percentage of those viewing my hoo-ha who have also stuck their hands inside it), i have no room left for modesty, no sense of personal dignity. i remember getting prepped for the d&c when i lost the tadpole, and when the staff tried to shield my nakedness with a sheet while i moved from the gurney to the operating table, i just laughed; jumping naked across the room meant nothing to me any more.
whatever the cause, the loss of giving a damn is serving me well when it comes to public breastfeeding. i've breastfed milo in the living room with a casually draped receiving blanket while a dozen people danced around us - and i've done it in restaurants, my mother-in-law's living room, and a movie theater. and in the target parking lot, i don't even bother with a blanket (much to the amazement of the seven-year-old boy who got an eyeful the other night).
i'm not trying to be in anyone's face - i just don't care. i'm feeding milo, which is more important than what anyone else thinks. and i'm completely blown away to feel this way. i have to say, it rocks.
*****
quick milo update: at monday's weigh-in, he'd lost another three ounces, and his bilirubin was high, so we delayed our departure for florida by a day and went back to the doctor yesterday. his bilirubin was down but he had lost about a third of an ounce (thanks for the conversion, eve!), so we've delayed one more day and are headed back now for another weigh-in. if he's still not gaining, we're going to start doing the tube-affixed-to-my-nipple supplementation. it's not what i want, but milo's need to be nourished is more important than my pride in breastfeeding.
he's still lovely, and funny, and completely amazing. we just need a little more of him around.
***update! he is up almost 2 1 /2 ounces today! supplementing is averted! we're still down a little more than a pound from his birth weight, but we are gaining, dammit! woohoo! so we're off to florida tomorrow - which means probably zero posts for the next week and getting further behind on other blogs - through which i have read exactly once in the last two weeks, at 12:3o the other morning, while feeding milo. soon, my pretties....
whatever the cause, the loss of giving a damn is serving me well when it comes to public breastfeeding. i've breastfed milo in the living room with a casually draped receiving blanket while a dozen people danced around us - and i've done it in restaurants, my mother-in-law's living room, and a movie theater. and in the target parking lot, i don't even bother with a blanket (much to the amazement of the seven-year-old boy who got an eyeful the other night).
i'm not trying to be in anyone's face - i just don't care. i'm feeding milo, which is more important than what anyone else thinks. and i'm completely blown away to feel this way. i have to say, it rocks.
*****
quick milo update: at monday's weigh-in, he'd lost another three ounces, and his bilirubin was high, so we delayed our departure for florida by a day and went back to the doctor yesterday. his bilirubin was down but he had lost about a third of an ounce (thanks for the conversion, eve!), so we've delayed one more day and are headed back now for another weigh-in. if he's still not gaining, we're going to start doing the tube-affixed-to-my-nipple supplementation. it's not what i want, but milo's need to be nourished is more important than my pride in breastfeeding.
he's still lovely, and funny, and completely amazing. we just need a little more of him around.
***update! he is up almost 2 1 /2 ounces today! supplementing is averted! we're still down a little more than a pound from his birth weight, but we are gaining, dammit! woohoo! so we're off to florida tomorrow - which means probably zero posts for the next week and getting further behind on other blogs - through which i have read exactly once in the last two weeks, at 12:3o the other morning, while feeding milo. soon, my pretties....
posted by laura at 5:35 PM
8 Comments:
Congrats on your public breastfeeding--I'd be doing it, too, if I could. Despite Milo's weight loss, it sounds to me like you're doing a great job! Natalie's rate of weight loss was too high to not supplement with formula, which was a disappointment for me, but ultimately, we need to do what we need to do. The LCs offered the strap on supplementer thingy, but also felt it might not work in our situation due to various factors, so I declined. I am still struggling with pumping round the clock, and trying to make it all work out, in hopes that she'll latch on one day, but the girl still isn't interested--I'm worried that my monster boobs are freaking her out... Good luck!
Yay gaining!!!!!hounx
Yay! Milo's gaining - way to go!
Excellent news!! Yay, go Milo! Eat eat eat!
Hope you have a peaceful trip to Florida. I will be thinking of you and your dad...
Yay Milo! Way to be hardy! You're really doing fantastic, bfing in public, and clearly landed squarely on your feet.
You're such a good mommy, taking great care of Milo, and it shows. I am so happy for you! And like I said below, I am totally enamoured with that gorgeous little boy.
I hope Florida is kind to all of you. safe travels.
Wow! Milo's first out-of-the-womb trip! Have fun, drive safely, and take lots of good pictures, okay?
ps You do rock re the breastfeeding. He's probably the healthiest person around.
You breastfeed, woman.
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