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jenn_unpluggedOne year ago yesterday, Carter was delivered and whisked off to the NICU, while I spent the next few days in the ICU recovering from severe pre-eclampsia. Despite my begging and arguing, it took more than 24 hours for a pump to be delivered to my room, and so it was one year ago today that I started pumping.
It took more than 5 months to get him fully transitioned to nursing, but he never had more than about a teaspoon of formula. We're doing BLW, and so he is still basically 80% BF. I love the fact that he is made almost entirely out of ME, that every part of him is made mostly from my body. And now we have earned this:
Here is Carter trying to BF at about 10 days old. I don't know if you can get a good sense of his size here, but he was just over 2 pounds and about 31 weeks gestational age when this was taken. It is so amazing to me that even so premature, he still knew what he was supposed to do!
And here he is a couple of days ago, now almost 23 pounds, and 9.5 months adjusted age. My little boob monster!
BFing has been such a wonderful experience, even with our rough start. I am so, so proud of the fact that we made it this far, despite the fact that people in the NICU (and other so-called "experts") told me repeatedly that most moms are unable to BF such tiny, early babies. I have always been stubborn, and I'm glad I didn't listen!
Here's to another 12 months!
It took more than 5 months to get him fully transitioned to nursing, but he never had more than about a teaspoon of formula. We're doing BLW, and so he is still basically 80% BF. I love the fact that he is made almost entirely out of ME, that every part of him is made mostly from my body. And now we have earned this:
Here is Carter trying to BF at about 10 days old. I don't know if you can get a good sense of his size here, but he was just over 2 pounds and about 31 weeks gestational age when this was taken. It is so amazing to me that even so premature, he still knew what he was supposed to do!
And here he is a couple of days ago, now almost 23 pounds, and 9.5 months adjusted age. My little boob monster!
BFing has been such a wonderful experience, even with our rough start. I am so, so proud of the fact that we made it this far, despite the fact that people in the NICU (and other so-called "experts") told me repeatedly that most moms are unable to BF such tiny, early babies. I have always been stubborn, and I'm glad I didn't listen!
Here's to another 12 months!
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Date: 2009-01-09 07:14 pm (UTC)Amber says "That's such a big baby. How did she make such a tiny thing that big? She must have some kind of growth hormone in that milk."
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Date: 2009-01-10 12:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-10 02:16 am (UTC)