The past two days have gone much smoother. I'd say I've gone from emotionally fragile, to somewhat stable. :) I'm back to nursing with the nipple shield, and I'm continuing to heal very well. I'll continue to use the shield until Monday when I meet with my lactation consultant again. If she thinks we are good to lose the shield, then we will. I also want her to start with me from square one, and assume I know nothing about nursing. I definitely don't want to go down this road again. But I'm definitely feeling encouraged at this point. I'm still glad my Mom is staying for a week longer. Even if I have things under control with taking care of Milo... I think having a transitional few days is going to be extremely valuable, especially considering I'm still recovering from the C. And last night went well. I covered all the feedings/changes during the night and still probably ended up with five or six hours of sleep.
And as I mentioned before, we are trying to get out of the house at least once a day. This morning we ventured down to the Farmers Market just before they were packing up. It was a quick little outing, but nice. Then we headed to Walmart where I did my first car feeding. That's right... my first car feeding was in the Walmart parking lot.
Be careful!!! There is a fine line between over doing it and not over doing it after a c-section-- and if you over do it-- you will not like the next day!!!
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