When I found out I was pregnant, I knew I was going to breastfeed. I couldn't wait to experience it! I was only planning to have one baby in my womb!
Breastfeeding triplets?
They kept telling me it can be done. Either way I was game. I didn't feel like my breasts had become what they were with my first pregnancy. I had bought a breast pump from Babies 'R Us and it was just your normal little pump. I was ready to go! That contraption seemed wrong. Babies were born and I was ready. Since they were in the NICU I wasn't able to try breastfeeding them I had to start pumping in my room. When I put that little cone on my engorged breast and it started to suck the life out of it I wasn't sure if this was for me. I thought to myself, "Babies CANNOT suck this hard."
Oh and nothing came out but some yellow-ie crap that looked like egg yolk... Nurse claimed this was okay and the best part for the baby. I was thinking, "Whatever crazy. Take it."
I slept and pumped and slept and pumped. Went to the NICU... slept and pumped. I wasn't getting much but it went from yellow to yellow to light yellow to I guess milky color. I was finally able to let the little babies attempt to breastfeed.
I was in the NICU and I had one of the triplets trying to latch on to my nip and it was so damn hard to do. My nips hurt and the little mouth couldn't get it all in. So this nurse, the bossy one, came over and just grabbed my boob. I felt so violated and she just kept gripping it and maneuvering it. It just seemed wrong and all I could do was stare at her with deer in headlights look. After the initial shock I slipped my hand under hers and took back control of MY BOOB. I said, "Thank you, I'll take that."
I tried breastfeeding and pumping. It was hard especially when I returned to work. I was able to do it for about 5 months but I was not producing enough. And it was exhausting. Those moms who breastfeed until their kids are 16... PROPS. Not these mini jugs!
My nips cringe when I see one of these....
