I never thought I had small nipples, until I saw the breast shields/flanges for breast pumps. They are ginormous!! Compared to me, anyway. I guess that's the one thing on me that is small. I have been pumping with the shields that came with the pump, knowing that it was too big. So I decided to spring for some smaller ones. The 21mm instead of the 24mm or 28mm that it came with. Crazy that they are so huge. Not that I've been comparing my nipples to anyone else, but I never thought they were so small. Apparently, I was wrong. But they worked fine when feeding my son as a baby.
My husband woke me up at 3AM to have a nursing session. It was pretty awesome. Shortly after that, my son woke up, crying. *sigh* Never a moment of peace for adult time - even if we try in the middle of the night. So I went into his room to see what was going on. He is having growing pains. Poor kid. So I got him situated and we did a little bit more. A bit later, he came into our room because he had tummy ache. So I, being the momma, made him feel better. By then, I was up for the day - at 4:22AM. Yep. If only it were so easy that I could solve his problems by popping a boob into his mouth. Those days are LONG gone.
I expressed a little milk in the shower and then right afterward offered up to my husband, who latched on for about 15 minutes. I had to get back downstairs to the kid before he came knocking on the bedroom door. Like I said, little to no adult time here at this stage of life. Of course, when I am wanting it MORE.
They went off to karate class (I usually take him, but since I was up since 3AM - I told my husband I couldn't and the kid insisted he was fine to go.) and I got the pump out and pumped for 20 minutes. I am really wanting to bump my supply up. Slowly, it is. It will get to where it was in June. Starting over is not easy, but I am getting there. This time, it's more fun with my husband's involvement.
A little time to myself is always a nice thing. They will be home soon, but I had a nice break.
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