Apparently my grey-tinted glasses have made me forget a lot about Elvis’ first few months. Despite Hubby telling me “Elvis was the same” I refused to believe him, his memory must be failing. Until I read a few blog entries and was pleasantly surprised.
What I do remember is:
- Pain – bleeding nipples, multiple milk blebs, pain for at least 3 weeks. Latch damage.
- Sleep deprivation – for at least a month before I gave in and safely bedshared for another month-ish.
- Long feeds – this was the reason for the sleep deprivation. Until Elvis got super quick at feeds.
- Fainty let downs – on my left boob only. When feeding on the right side only. At night feedings only. In the first few weeks only. One per feeding only.
- Refusal to suck my boob to sleep – from about maybe 8-10 weeks old.
- Leaking in the first week only and then only as night feeds fell away.
Well, this is different.
There was barely any real pain at the beginning. I had an existing nipple injury that Robin had to heal for me which was agony and I did get some beginnings of blisters but cream, air and watching the latch prevented bleeding and blisters. No milk blebs at all.
Robin was a quicker feeder quicker than Elvis. Her only long feeds are during cluster sessions really. This made the nights easier and there was no sleep deprivation in the first few weeks.
The let down is the biggest difference. I never felt faint with Robin and I felt it on both sides. Some feeds I actually felt let down multiple times. Followed by long slow gulps. Brand. New. World.
Everyone keeps telling me how similar they look (I rarely see it) but they seem so different. Maybe it’s just these grey tinted glasses.
~ P
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