Dairy Queen

I just realized that I spend 4-6 hrs a day breastfeeding! Mooooo.....

Breastfeeding the twins has been going really well - I needed it to go well after that difficult pregnancy and a delivery that I did not participate in - I finally feel like I have control over something! I mostly feed them at the same time and just ordered a specialized "twin nursing pillow" because they are too big for the boppy now (one usually starts to slide off - ouch!). I do feed one at a time occasionally (if they are off cycle after discordant naps or if we are in public - just imagine trying to feed both in public at the same time..... )

The amount (and quality) advice people give you about breastfeeding is amazing! For example when the girls weren't gaining great weight early on the Visiting Nurse told me to try and extend the feeds to 30 minutes. The next week the Fallon Nurse (insurance nurse who calls once a week) told me that "no woman has more than 15 minutes worth of formula in her breasts" and "your babies are just using you to suck." Guess whose advice I followed...... I'm convinced that mothers and their baby(ies) have to just figure it out themselves - every diad (or triad) develops their own system.

Anyways - I thought that update would be interesting for my many breastfeeding (currently or past) friends and sisters.