Some of you might remember that I never produced anything with J, and wasn't able to BF. Which I was completely OK with.... She thrived on formula, and we were 100% prepared to do the same with E.
Well the other night I started feeling hardness in my breasts (both) so I tried pumping and got just a drop.... But its a drop more than I got with J! So I tried again the next morning and got this:
(Taken yesterday morning)
It was only about 3ml, but holy cow! So I've been pumping more now and I've been getting about the same or sometimes a little more every few hours (yesterday and today). I know I should pump more often to help things, so I need to get into that mindset.
She obviously doesn't need much right now, but they do use what I given them in the NICU. They put tiny little drops in her mouth to help moisturize, and to help reduce infections from the incubation tubes. So the tiny amount is perfectly OK right now.
Yay!! Another may Mom had a preemie and she pumped a ton while he was in the NICU. Good luck to you. And definitely get one if those hands free bras and maybe even pumping pals. They can help the nips too.
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