104,063. That’s how many millilitres of milk I pumped after my second baby was born. Imagine twenty-five 4 litre bags of milk. That’s how much milk I made and measured. Mad respect to my boobs, they worked really hard. AND SO DID I. As an undersupplier, breastmilk was an issue for me after both of my pregnancies. My first baby failed to grow the first week he was alive, causing me a lot of stress and both of us a …
Category: Pumping
In all of the difficulties of early motherhood, there was a common thread: inadequacy. My body, the same one that did an excellent job of gestating a baby, wasn’t able to birth my baby vaginally. Inadequate …