super-mom-milk-factory

Be forewarned, this post is about breast milk: read at your own comfort level.
Last week Piper started taking 4oz. in each bottle at daycare, and I was only able to get out about 3oz. at a time, creating a little problem with the system of supply and demand. After a weekend of a crazy feeding frenzy, today I was able to get 4oz. (easy) bottles!!!! I know that most people who read this will think "Who cares? What a weird-o; who talks about milk in a blog?" However, if you have ever been a mommy who is having to pump enough to fill bottles to feed your precious baby when you have to be away, you will understand how having enough milk makes you feel. Kind of like winning the Mega Millions in the lottery, or discovering you own land that is on a deep oil well: making a lot of milk is like pure gold. I spent the whole day feeling like I had priceless gems cooler under my desk. Yaaaahoooooo! Being a milk factory feels like a super power sometimes. The sweet feeling of plenty! What a rush! I hope that this will be encouraging for all the new mommies who I know are headed back to work in the next few weeks/months and are going to try and continue nursing. You can do it! And when you succeed, you will be a super-mom-milk-factory too!