Tomorrow is my 24th birthday, and I spent this weekend at my mom and dad's house. For my birthday, my mom got me a new breast pump, because the one I had before just wasn't doing the trick. I had the medela swing breast pump, which is a single pump (meaning I could only pump one breast at a time), and with it I was only pumping 6-8 ounces per day at work. Plus, since I had to pump one breast at a time it was taking for forever, and my breaks at work were for about 45 minutes and I was super stressed about taking so much time pumping. SO, my mother bought me the medela pump in style advanced - a double pump that I read was one of the best. It is supposed to increase your milk supply. I've used it once over the weekend when Laila refused to breastfeed (something I will get back to) and it worked wonderfully! My left breast usually only produces one ounce at a time, but I got two ounces! A good start, I do believe.
But back to Laila refusing my breast. Yesterday my mom and I went and got our hair cut (it was extremely overdue) and went to buy some things at babies r us. Laila got cranky at both the hair salon and at the store, and I tried feeding her both times but she refused. When we got back to my mom and dad's house I also tried feeding her, but again she refused. It had been like 5 hours since she had last eaten, so my husband decided to try giving her a bottle - and she took it! So upsetting! That's another thing - since I've gone back to work breastfeeding has started to grow on me. I like the bonding time after spending so much time apart during the day.
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