Ugh...

[tencrush]

• OWWWW. The evil freaking child decided I wasn't living up to expectations about 48 hours ago, and decided to demand feeding every half an hour for seven hours straight. I subsequently ballooned to like a J-cup, after which she decided to just look at me with that shifty little smile and go "Nah, I'm not really that hungry, but thanks for so obviously putting the effort in." The pain is unbearable, but I'm afraid if I start pumping this early on, I'll just get bigger and bigger. MY GOD IT HURTS.


• If the good lord wanted us to breast feed, and it's so fucking healthy, why add that little bonus of the agonizing womb contractions every single time the childe latches on? ANDANDAND while I'm at it why did I forget to have that lump of breast tissue removed from my armpit after the last six month stint? Out of sight, out of mind, eh? STUPID WOMAN.


• I hate that feeling of wanting to throw open the windows and shout at the neighbours "YES! I DID IT! I HAD A POO!!!!" Because that's just WRONG.


• I had a poo.

Comments

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

YEA HAVING A POO.

What I did when in great pain was to stand under the hottest shower I could get and direct the streams on to the breast. Then, gently, express just enough milk to ease the pain. (I could generally hit the far wall of the shower by that point.)

[tencrush]

I'm very proud of the poo. Nobody should be made to dread a bodily function to that extent.

Bless her, she's just finding her rhythm, but she really did a number on me two nights ago, and I'm having real trouble. I'm sure I could do a good four feet if I put my mind to it.
*goes to google the breast milk expulsion record*

[nuptse.livejournal.com]

YAYPOO! I think I waited a week, but I had 12 stitches to think of every time - but I remember feeling the same way. YAYPOO!

I'm there on the hot shower thing - I did that too. I tried the handpump thingy but never could get it to work right. I think I just gritted my teeth through it until she got to the point where she was awake enough to want more.

[off_coloratura]

These are things about havin' babies that I have never heard before.

[tencrush]

Ah, that's probably a very damning sign of the male dominated society we still live in in this day and age. Or something. Either that or it's just because it's kind of yucky.

Today I have mostly been trying to make my breasts stop hurting, which seemed to involve squirting myself in the eye with breast milk on several occasions. And now it's 3 in the morning and she's managed to cover me in shit, only to fall asleep and practice raising one eyebrow in her sleep. Jeebus, that's cute. Kids, who'd have 'em?

[off_coloratura]

EVERYONE I FREAKIN' KNOW right now, apparently. My husband's best friend just got pregnant, in addition to the million other people I know who are currently reproducing.

I like hearing yucky details, because I enjoy knowing the disgusting things our bodies are capable of. Long-distance breast milk expression being one. And that way I hopefully will not be taken by surprise if I ever decide to have one.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

In your eye? Good shot.

[tencrush]

Yah, one of them little jets on the righthand side sprays up instead of straight ahead. Ah, the wonders of nature.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

This is an insight into motherhood I've not seen before.