Oh my poor girls... they have been to hell and back with B and now P. Don't get me wrong, my boys are both totally worth the sacrifice but holy gees do the girls hurt! So far (in just 16 short days) I have dealt with double intraductal thrush, mastitis (left), multiple clogged ducts (right) for 12+hours that left me in serious pain and a possible low supply again... history is definitely repeating itself... but like I said, my boys are worth the pain.
On Monday, after the boys picture session, I am going Bosom Babies and seek out a supposedly magical little tincture (More Milk Special Plus) in hopes of boosting my supply. I've been pumping every 3 hours around the clock (with the exception of the other night when I went 5 hours without pumping... end result - lots of clogged ducts = FAIL) and I average about 1-1.75oz total. P eats 2oz every 3 hours - we've been supplementing the rest with formula. We started with Similac Advance EarlyShield.
I took him to the ped's office on Monday (12/28) for a weight check because lactation was concerned about his lack of weight gain. {Side note: we took him to the pediatrician for the first time on 12/22 [4 days old] and he weighed in at 6lbs 9oz} He gained 4oz, weighing in at a whopping 6lbs 13oz - the pediatrician told me that he was growing just fine. While I was there, I fed him and changed 2 poop diapers (one before a feeding and one right after). The second diaper was the problem one - I noticed a sizable amount of blood on his diaper. I pointed this out to the nurse and she took a swab to get a definitive answer as to whether or not it was blood. When Dr. L came out and looked at the swab she said "Ohhh that's not good. He has blood in his stool." She then asked what type of formula we were using to supplement with and she switched us to Similac Alimentum. I also have to cut all dairy out of my diet (I had NO clue how many things have some form of dairy in it... it's been rather challenging but I have to stick with it because I don't want P to suffer and poop out blood).
We're still seeing some blood in his poop but the pediatrician said by next week it should be resolved.
I definitely love being a mommy to the sweetest little boys ever. B is absolutely wonderful with P. On NYE, P's pacifier fell out and he was starting to fuss. B walked up to him, picked the pacifier up and attempted to put in back into P's mouth (love him!) Yesterday, we placed P on B's bed and B was talking to him and rubbing his head and then he wrapped his hands around P's belly and tried to pick him up. B is the sweetest, most affectionate little boy... when I see him acting in this manner, I swear, my heart could burst.
Life is good.
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