Today was Laila's first visit to the pediatrician. She is good - she has tiny bit of jaundice (nothing out of the ordinary), but other then that, she is good. Also good, She has been pooping and peeing like a maniac, and she has gained her birth weight back and then an ounce!
Unfortunately not everything is going so smoothly. Breastfeeding is.... well... I've hit a few bumps in the road. My nipples are sore and cracked. They had been getting better but then I tried changing the way Laila latches on following instructions from a lactation consultant I talked to over the phone and I think it made her latch on incorrectly because my nipples started to do worse and feeding hurt more - I gave up on that way late last night and already I have noticed the difference. I think Laila's latch was good and I just messed it up trying to change it around. Then, on top of that, I seem to have developed a plugged/clogged milk duct. I couldn't get ahold of the lactation consultant at the hospital but I talked to someone who works in the nursery and she said to take a hot shower and massage the breast and then to pump the breast and massage it some more while I did that. So that's what I did and it seems to have worked pretty well. I couldn't feel the lump at all afterwards but now that some more milk is in there I can feel it a little bit, though it doesn't really hurt or anything. I'm so tired and hormonal that it is all just stressing me out like crazy. I did talk to my aunt who had her own bumps with breast feeding, and she made me feel better. I'm just going to take things day by day and try to focus on the fact that eventually I will get over these bumps in the road and things will get better. Tomorrow the lactation consultant should give me a call back and I can talk to her. If things don't improve then I will try to set up an appointment or something seeing a one in person. Hopefully there is someone who does house calls - that would be amazing. Apparently my insurance covers the cost, so that's good if I end up needing it.
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