I am only just now realizing how oblivious I have been to how my normal activity affects breastfeeding. I've been doing a little science experiment for the past 2 days (so extensive, I know) to see how drinking more water will affect my milk output when pumping at work. Not surprisingly (and yet I am oddly surprised!), I have already pumped more after 2 pumping sessions today than I pumped after 3 yesterday. I anticipate that the output will level off at some point, but I suspect that it will continue to rise to that point as I continue to drink more water.
I'm not going to say a lot today (pretty much because I am about to pee my pants from drinking so much water, and I want to reward myself for finishing this post today by using the restroom... gosh, that is strange), despite having much on which to reflect. Breastfeeding is not a no-brainer activity, even though it has become a very normal and regular part of my life over the past 9 1/2 months. It still takes a lot of thought and consideration in order to reach a breastfeeding goal. For example, I have been engaged in an internal struggle about supplementing my Flyweight child's breast milk bottle with some formula. The reason this has been an issue lately is because I'm watching my freezer supply of breast milk dwindle as I struggle to keep up with the demands of a growing child, yet at the rate I'm going, it looks like I could run out of both frozen and fresh milk before he turns a year old. I am vehemently opposed to this happening!
So... I decided to do something about it. And that is why I am about to pee my pants... because I am doing the obvious before I resort to taking more extreme measures.
Stay tuned to find out if the data continues to support my theory. Well, the theory that I borrowed from someone else’s brain, anyway.
Signing off.
BKB
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