Hey, gang. It's been a while since we've talked about The Super Boobs. Don't worry, they are still around. If you remember, my goal was to make it to my birthday in August. That was past his 6 month birthday, and a lot of sources say that the antibodies in boob juice decrease quite a bit after 6 months. I was going crazy after that because I was constantly hem-hawing (sp?) about whether or not to keep going. I was over-analyzing and constantly going back and forth about how long to try to pump. So, I set another "drop dead" date of October 31st and decided that on THAT day I was DONE pumping and nursing.
I mean, don't get me wrong...I really love being hooked up the nipple sucking machine 3 times a day (:::Insert Sarcasm Here:::), but I think it just might be time to quit.
I won't lie, the nursing/pumping thing has been a really rough road. There are a lot of things as a preemie parent that I have had to do differently because of his preemie status...and the entire boob juice experience has been nothing like I envisioned it. I am proud of myself for pumping this long and providing for Sprocket, but I am ready to be done. I have some reservations about quitting and I think that most of those reservations revolve around the fact that I am still mourning the absence of a "normal" nursing experience.
We have enough stored boob juice to last us until around mid-December and then we will have to switch to straight formula, which I don't really want to do. However, there is one other reason that I have reservations about quitting.
FOOD.
While nursing/pumping I have been able to eat everything and anything...and still maintain my pre-preggo-ish weight. I am a lot less defined that before I was pregnant (a polite way of saying pudgy), but I am satisfied with my body image right now. I pretty much eat my way through the day without worrying at all about it. Seriously, I eat two breakfasts, a relatively normal size lunch, candy/snacks in the afternoon, about 400-ish calories when I get home from school and am starving, followed by dinner and usually dessert. My guess is that I eat anywhere between 2,000-2,500 calories each day. It is even worse (better?) when I run. On those days I feel like I just can't get enough food into my face. I have no self control and I have always struggled to balance what I want to eat with the way I want to look/feel. The past 9 months have been a no-consequences-oasis of binging...and I have loved it!
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You go girl....you can do it. You have the will power!!!
Nice teething ring!
Ah, booby juice. The life elixir - for mum and baby! I lost about a pound a week after Chou no matter what I ate. After just over a year I was 20 lb LIGHTER - due at least in part because of the great calorie burning magic of booby juice making.
First off, booby juice is still very important for babe well into their second year of life (and always better for them than formula). It still provides all sorts of goodness for babe and is often the only thing they can keep down when they do get ill (fingers crossed it won't happen, but it can).
Seeing as you're such an amazing pumper, and that you're already well stocked, why not try to stock up enough to get Mr. Z through to his first birthday? That way, he can skip el expensive fomulaeo completely and go straight to moo juice. Maybe Christmas is a good goal to shoot for? They're only babies for such a short time, and booby juice is the best present you can give them.
I'm a basically booby juice's biggest fan, so my encouragement that you keep going isn't suprising, but no matter what you're decicion I'm super amazed and impressed that you've stuck with pumping this long. You rock, mamacita!
- Wump
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