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Bryan over at Sympathy Pain has linked to a great article on how we gals go about making breastmilk. Definitely go over to Bryan’s site and check it out! The only comment I have about the article is that it says the following:
During the first days of nursing, you may feel some cramps in your abdomen as your baby sucks. This usually mild discomfort signals the release of oxytocin, which helps shrink your uterus back to its pre-pregnancy size.
Mild discomfort? That’s putting it mildly!! For me, the initial cramping like that was VERY painful. Not quite as bad as early labor, but far worse than menstrual cramps.
Next, I want to discuss semantics - what do you call all the different kinds of milk in your house? We have soymilk, cow’s milk and mama’s milk. I want my son to be clear and as such, I call them all by their “proper” names. In a related note, he calls food in general by the word “bop-poo” (we think it stems from his word for “apple” which is “bappull“). Even before Anjali was born, he would point to my breasts and say “bop-poo“, so we think he may remember or have an inkling that he used to eat from them, too. However, he calls ALL nipples “bop-poo“, so the poor kid has A LOT to learn.
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August 17th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
It’s very strange, with Emily I totally had the contractions in the beginning, but with Lucy, I never felt them. I’m sure I had them, but they didn’t hurt and I didn’t feel them, either. It’s so strange how different my experience has been with Lucy.